Life-Prolonging

An interesting research paper Religious Coping and Use of Intensive Life-Prolonging Care Near death in Patients with Advanced Cancer (The Journal of the American Medical Association - JAMA.vol.301, No.11, March 18, 2009) shows that people with terminal cancer who have a high level of positive religious coping (belief in God, be at peace with God) are more likely to receive intensive life-prolonging medical care near death.

Archive 2010-03-01 Alex Tang 2010

Insurer Denies Life-Prolonging Treatment To Five-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Shelby releases most of his blanket hold, but continues to block three military nominees.

Center for American Progress Action Fund Ben Armbruster 2010

Insurer Denies Life-Prolonging Treatment To Five-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Tancredo says Obama won because we lack a 'literacy test before people can vote in this country.'

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Insurer Denies Life-Prolonging Treatment To Five-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Shelby releases most of his blanket hold, but continues to block three military nominees.

Think Progress 2010

Insurer Denies Life-Prolonging Treatment To Five-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Shelby releases most of his blanket hold, but continues to block three military nominees.

Think Progress 2010

Insurer Denies Life-Prolonging Treatment To Five-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Tancredo says Obama won because we lack a 'literacy test before people can vote in this country.'

Think Progress Ben Armbruster 2010

Insurer Denies Life-Prolonging Treatment To Five-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Beck loses 103 sponsors as his UK television broadcast runs for five days straight without any ads.

Center for American Progress Action Fund Zaid Jilani 2010

Insurer Denies Life-Prolonging Treatment To Five-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Tancredo says Obama won because we lack a 'literacy test before people can vote in this country.'

Center for American Progress Action Fund Ben Armbruster 2010

Insurer Denies Life-Prolonging Treatment To Five-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Shelby releases most of his blanket hold, but continues to block three military nominees.

Think Progress Ben Armbruster 2010

Insurer Denies Life-Prolonging Treatment To Five-Year-Old Boy With Cancer Shelby releases most of his blanket hold, but continues to block three military nominees.

Think Progress Matt Corley 2010