Pennsylvania Task Force for Quality at the End of Life report: Improving End-of-life Experiences for Pennsylvanians
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Secretary of Aging, Nora Dowd Eisenhower, speaks at the press conference for the release
of the report flanked by CQEL members David Barnard (fourth from left)
and Nancy Zionts (far left) along with other Task Force members
(from Quality at the End of Life Report Released the Secretary's Notes to the Aging Services Network, Issue 16, February 2007 newsletter
accessible at http://www.aging.state.pa.us/aging/lib/aging/Jan07.pdf.) |
Members of CQEL have worked hard on the Pennsylvania Task Force for Quality at the End of Life, helping
to coordinate, author, compile, and edit the Task Force's report to Governor Ed Rendell. The report was
released to the Governor on Monday February 5, 2007 in Harrisburg. CQEL was represented at the press conference
for the release of the report by David Barnard, Nicole Fowler, Paige Hepple, Marian Kemp, Sister Diane Matje,
Peggy Stubbs, and Nancy Zionts.
Both David and Nancy spoke at the conference about the report and CQEL's activities in Western Pennsylvania.
Links to the Report
Links to Publicity about the Report
Articles
Editorials and Letters to the Editor
- Editorial, Pittsburgh Post Gazette (2-12-07) - "At life's end: Pennsylvania needs to make dying more dignified."
- Letter to the Editor, Pittsburgh Post Gazette (2-14-07) - "Planning for the end." President, Allegheny County Medical Society.
- Letter to the Editor, Pittsburgh Post Gazette (2-15-07) - "We all must take responsibility for end-of-life care" Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences & Dean, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.
- Letter to the Editor, Pittsburgh Post Gazette (2-16-07) - "Care conversations." Pastor, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church of North Park.
- Letter to the Editor, Pittsburgh Post Gazette (2-20-07) - "Acting on this report." Vice President of Programming and Planning, Jewish Healthcare Foundation.
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