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Dr. Lum spoke with Colorado Matters about what Coloradans need to decide in advance, and how to bring it up with family members.
In 2016, Colorado voters approved a new state law that provided medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients. This law authorizes a physician, who is identified as the attending physician, to prescribe a lethal dose of medications that results in death.
Bob and Maureen Thrash in their outdoor tent for safe holiday gatherings. Denise Wood lives alone in Denver, and that's how she’s spending Christmas this year — alone. “I am trying to make it as festive as possible, and I am trying not to dwell on how bad I feel about being here alone,” she said. Her only daughter lives in California. They decided not to travel to see each other because of COVID-19. Wood moved all of her usual Christmas celebrations online to lower her risk of getting sick. “My daughter and I had set up a cookie exchange across the miles,” she said. “And in ...