Commentaries

Duke Expert Urges Next U.S. Surgeon General to Address End-of-Life Care for Older Americans
This commentary was sent to media sources nationwide on July 17, 2007.

Doctors, Prayer Each Have Role in Healing
A version of this commentary appeared in the Orlando Sentinel on May 30, 2006.

What Price Compassion?
A version of this commentary appeared in the Orlando Sentinel on April 20, 2006.

Message from Dr. Martin Luther King-Do We Have the Strength Not to Sneeze?
Versions of this commentary appeared in the Orlando Sentinel and The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) on April 2, 2006.

Schiavo Case Presents Perilous Moment for Patients’ and Families’ Right to Determine End-of-Life Care, says Richard Payne
This commentary was sent to media sources nationwide on March 18, 2005.

Pope’s Lenten Message Reinforces Need for Improved Care at Life’s End, Duke Expert Says, says Richard Payne
This commentary was sent to media sources nationwide on February 3, 2005.

Legal Fight over Feeding Tube Points to Need for Living Wills, Duke Expert Says, says Jeanne Twohig
This commentary was sent to media sources nationwide on January 25, 2005.

In Appreciation of Life and the Wisdoms Gained by Caring for the Seriously Ill and Dying, says Richard Payne
A version of this commentary ran in The Chronicle, Duke University’s independent newspaper, on Nov. 12, 2004.