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FEATURES
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Inventing the Good Death
As millions prepare to highlight the world's need for end-of-life care,
it's fitting to revisit the life of Dame Cicely Saunders, the woman who
started it all. By Gerard Brogan, RN
DEPARTMENTS
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News Briefs
CNA/NNOC has launched an RN disaster response network to be
ready with volunteers for the next national emergency; CNA/NNOC
endorses Phil Angelides for governor; nurses and healthcare activists
rally in Sacramento to push Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign
SB 840, a historic bill giving healthcare to all Californians; as of
press time, RN negotiators have made major progress on the next
Kaiser contract, but big economic issues remain; IL RNs seek
to strengthen nursing practice laws; events and happenings
from around CNA/NNOC
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Caring for Democracy
Nurses have shown they have the power to change policy.
We need to extend that to the polling booth this election year.
By Rose Ann DeMoro
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on the cover: Registered nurses, many of them
Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita volunteers,
with State Treasurer Phil Angelides at a Los Angeles
rally to announce their endorsement of him for
California governor. Photograph by Tad Keyes.
SEPTEMBER 2006
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