The front page of today's (2/7/13) Ventura County Star featured an article about the reaction of a southern California audience to Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject.
A study published Feb.
Terry Kaldhusdal and Michael Bernhagen, co-producers of the multiple award-winning film Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject, kicked off the fundraising campaign for their new production, Consider the Conversation: A Documentary About Unintended Consequences, by announcing that they have applied to the prestigious Sundance Documentary Fund for a $20,000 development grant.
Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject, the donor supported film that inspired the Wisconsin Medical Society to launch Honoring Choices Wisconsin, will air across Wisconsin Public Television's statewide network on Wednesday, February 13th at 9 p.m. with additional broadcasts to follow at Midnight and 4 a.m.
Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject was screened at Fourth Presbyterian Church in downtown Chicago on Wednesday, January 23rd in collaboration with the Chicago End-of-Life Care Coalition.
Governor Bobby Jindal's administration backed down on a plan that would have ended Medicaid-provided hospice care next week even as protestors were gathering for a candle-lit vigil to oppose the cuts Wednesday (1/23).
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Starting February 1, 2013, the state of Louisiana will stop offering hospice care services to most patients on Medicaid. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals is eliminating the service to families in the state due to state budget cuts.
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Honoring Choices Wisconsin, the physician-led advance care planning initiative inspired by Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject, was featured during a live call-in show on Wisconsin Public Radio's At Issue with Ben Merens on Wednesday, January 16th at 3 p.m. CST.
Private donations enabled Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject to make a big difference in 2011 and 2012. Thanks to the generosity of people like you, our film aired more than 370 times on PBS stations in 30 states, was shared with thousands of Americans during hundreds of free community screenings around the country, and inspired the Wisconsin Medical Society to launch Honoring Choices Wisconsin, a physician-led initiative that will make facilitated conversations about end-of-life wishes a standard part of patient care in the Badger State.
On Sunday, December 9th, the Wisconsin State Journal published an article about Consider the Conversation and the emerging advance care planning movement in the Badger State.
