End Of Life

It's been four years since Vermont started allowing terminally ill patients to seek the help of a doctor to end their own lives. We're looking at how…

Palliative care is specialized medical care that treats pain and other symptoms of patients with serious illness. It's a branch of medicine that can have…

Canadians are considering what to do now that the country’s highest court has struck down a ban on doctor-assisted suicide.That was the unanimous ruling…

A bill allowing terminally ill patients to get medication to end their lives became law on Monday with Gov. Peter Shumlin’s signature.Although the law…

A bill allowing dying patients to get a doctor’s help to end their lives is on its way to Governor Peter Shumlin for his signature.Supporters last night…

A last minute compromise means a bill allowing terminally ill patients to get a doctor’s help to end their lives will likely become law this year.The…

The Senate passed over more controversial items on its agenda Wednesday morning, including a bill that would allow child care workers to unionize and the…

After a lengthy debate that got personal at times, the Vermont Senate on Tuesday postponed final action on a bill that allows terminally ill patients to…

As members of the Senate Health Care Committee struggled to find a political path forward to salvage an end-of-life bill, they ejected reporters and…

The Vermont House is expected to advance today a bill that allows those who may be in this country illegally to apply for the right to drive.The bill…