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Senate Committee Gives New Life to POLST Debate

The Pennsylvania Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 623 on December 12, 2017, kicking off the legislative process. There are many more steps before it could become law. The measure would codify the use of Pennsylvania Orders for Life Su
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January 10, 2018
by Hill
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assisted suicide, Catholic health care, do not resuscitate, end of life, living will, pennsylvania orders for life sustaining treatment, physicians orders for life sustaining treatment, POLST, pro-life, terminal illness

USCCB Comments on Medicare’s Proposed Rule on Advance Care Planning

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) submitted comments on September 4 to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The comments relate to a Proposed Rule to incorporate end-of-life decision making or “Advance Care Plannin
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September 09, 2015
by Hill
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advance directives, end of life, health and human services, health care advance directives, living will, medicare, patient self determination act, united states conference of catholic bishops, USCCB

Catholic Health Care Advocacy Then & Now

This article appears in the Spring 2013 issue of PCC’s Viewpoint newsletter. Catholic health care has been part of the Pennsylvania landscape since the first religious sisters bravely traveled to the New World to aid sick and vulnerable colonists in Philadelphia. With faith and
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June 24, 2013
by Hill
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adultBasic, advance directives, Catholic health care, children's health insurance program, CHIP, emergency contraception, health insurance, living will, PCHA, PCHA 50th Anniversary

Until Natural Death – SEMINAR CANCELLED

Life is the gift of a loving God. We must never choose to directly cause or hasten death; the unwarranted destruction of human life is never morally permissible. This seminar will explain what the Catholic Church teaches about end of life care and how a Living Will and a Health Care P
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April 14, 2009
by Hill
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assisted suicide, euthanasia, hydration, life, living will, nutrition, nutrition and hydration, physician assisted suicide

Advance Directives

I admit it. I read obituaries in the newspaper, not out of morbid curiosity, but because I’m reminded that every single human life matters. Some died tragically in their youth; others lived lengthy and apparently fulfilling lives, including a remarkable number who make it past 1
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December 01, 2007
by Hill
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advance directives, end of life, health care advance directives, living will, power of attorney

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