Barbara Coombs Lee
Barbara Coombs Lee is President of Compassion & Choices, a nonprofit
organization dedicated to expanding and protecting the rights
of the terminally ill. She practiced as a nurse and physician assistant
for 25 years before beginning a career in law and health policy. Since
then she has devoted her professional life to individual choice and
empowerment in health care. As a private attorney, as counsel to the
Oregon State Senate, as a managed care executive and finally as
Chief Petitioner for Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, she has
championed initiatives that enable individuals to consider a full
range of choices and be full participants in their health care decisions.
Barbara Coombs Lee's articles
What Were They Thinking?
January 27, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
The new HHS "conscience" rule is a prescription for health care chaos.
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HHS "Conscience" Rule: What About End-of-Life Pain Care?
January 12, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Most reactions to the HHS conscience rule focus on impending damage to reproductive services. But the rule will surely obstruct and delay good care in many instances, increasing the suffering of dying patients and their loved ones.
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