A cruel death.
Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast, Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Barbara Mancini, to discuss death and dying, advanced directives and end-of-life care, as well as Barbara’s own tragic tale about the failings of our medical and legal systems.
In 2013, Barbara and her family lost her father, Joseph. An independent, hardworking, World War II veteran, Joseph Yourshaw had made his end-of-life wishes clear to his family and his physicians – he did not want any lifesaving measures and, under no circumstances, did he want to go to the hospital. In her new book, Barbara tells the harrowing story both she, and her father suffered, in the last days of his life and the year after. Barbara details how things did not go according to the well-documented and detailed plans Joseph and his family had set forth for the end of his life and how she found herself being arrested for allegedly aiding him in his supposed suicide attempt.
Ultimately, the charges against Barbara were dismissed but only after a most disturbing course of events for her father, who died a terrible and painful death in the hospital, and for Barbara, as she battled a political coroner and a bogus criminal charge brought by a state prosecutor. Aaron and Barbara talk about her experiences and what others can, and should, learn from them. Barbara details her story in her new book, Cruel Death, Heartless Aftermath: My family’s End-of-Life Nightmare, and How to Avoid It, and illustrates what readers should keep in mind and ways in which they can protect themselves. Barbara and Aaron talk about this and more throughout their conversation, touching on the notions of living wills, decisional capacity, power of attorney privileges, PULST forms, and others.
To learn more about Barbara and her story, please visit her website here.
To check out Barbara’s book, Cruel Death, Heartless Aftermath: My family’s End-of-Life Nightmare, and How to Avoid It, please click here.
To learn more about Compassion & Choices, please visit their website here.
Host: Aaron Freiwald
Guest: Barbara Mancini
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