Ending the temporary protected status for Haitians “will have a devastating impact on the ability of skilled nursing facilities to provide quality care to frail and disabled residents,” warns Tara Gregorio, president of the Massachusetts Senior Care Association,
Melissa Bailey | Kaiser Health News
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As doctors drop opposition, aid-in-dying advocates pick next battlefronts
When the end draws near, Dr. Roger Kligler, a retired physician with incurable, metastatic prostate cancer, wants the option to use a lethal prescription to die peacefully in his sleep. As he fights for the legal right to do that, an influential doctors group in Massachusetts has agreed to stop trying to block the way.