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For the past several years, health care journalists have correctly focused on the rising rate of pregnancy-related mortality in the…
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Sacramento Bee health reporter Sammy Caiola worked quickly to give her readers the story about the death of a young…
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The recent story of a young California husband and father who died after suffering complications from a dental problem serves…
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Maintaining an emotional distance when reporting on life and death issues can be challenging; even more so when you’ve been…
Are there different levels of death? Are you alive if you’re brain dead but on life support? Many journalists and…
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While the idea of hospice and palliative care are slowly becoming part of the national health conversation, many people still…
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Until the 1920s, most Americans died relatively quickly and at home, surrounded by things and people – including their minister,…
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Gov. Jerry Brown on Oct. 5 signed California’s controversial End of Life Option Act, which permits physician-aided death for terminally…