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Law Affects Idaho’s End-of-Life Care

Item: Law affects end-of-life care: AARP spokesman says policy does not respect rights of Idahoans/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press

More Info: Idaho's Medical Consent and Natural Death Act was passed in 2005 just days after the death of Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman whose feeding tube was removed after a lengthy, high-profile right-to-die legal battle. The act grants individuals the right to dictate which medical procedures should or should not be used to prolong their lives and allows them to name those who can make those decisions for them in the event they cannot.

Question: Do you support/oppose this Idaho's Medical Consent and Natural Death Act?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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