{"id":3133,"date":"2016-06-08T08:14:26","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T12:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2016-06-08T08:14:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T12:14:26","slug":"a-new-sort-of-consultant-advising-doctors-patients-on-californias-aid-in-dying-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3133","title":{"rendered":"A New Sort Of Consultant: Advising Doctors, Patients On California\u2019s Aid-In-Dying Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Lisa Aliferis for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>BERKELEY, Calif. \u2014 Few people have the unusual set of professional experiences that Dr. Lonny Shavelson does. He worked as an emergency room physician in Berkeley for years \u2014 while also working as a journalist. He has written several books and takes hauntingly beautiful photographs.<\/p>\n<p>Now, just as California\u2019s law aid-in-dying law takes effect this week, Shavelson has added another specialty: A consultant to physicians and terminally ill patients who have questions about how it works. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/a-new-sort-of-consultant-advising-doctors-patients-on-californias-aid-in-dying-law\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=30379751&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--TICUOTKnRALG_iO11zGY7iSllg7ZZ0aQEtQbgX5SMmpPHwOJwMmLHpy3uKWtF9Ua_m7gMM-tUep5WMlk0Tmf3CCMJlQ&amp;_hsmi=30379751\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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