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A Step Toward Normalizing End-Of-Life Care: Implications Of The Palliative Care And Hospice Education And Training Act (Pcheta), Robert Bulanda

Northern Illinois University Law Review

Despite their rapid development in recent decades, hospice and palliative care continue to face challenges to universal acceptance and access throughout American society, as the American population and medical professions are reluctant to move away from traditional preventative care throughout the death and dying process. The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) is a federal bill seeking to increase access to palliative and hospice care. This Note analyzes the history of the palliative and hospice care movement and the implications of the PCHETA, arguing that the bill acts as an important step toward normalizing hospice and palliative …

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End Of Life Care For The Incarcerated, Codie Robinson

Dialogue & Nexus

As the prison population ages, a new need has come to light – caring for those who are in the final stage of life. This paper will examine the current end of life services provided to those in prison throughout the United States. After a general awareness of the system is presented, a more complete discussion of end of life care for prisoners will be considered, in light of ethics, social justice, and the Christian perspective. The two care options presented, hospice care and compassionate release, are observed through these lenses. In order to make a decision on how to …

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