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Such trials can sometimes bring families closer. Marianne Svanberg, 88, a Swede, suffered a massive stroke while visiting her granddaughter Kim Gagne in Santa Rosa, Calif., in January, setting off a bitter generational row between Svanberg's daughters and granddaughters about whether to put her on a feeding tube. At one point, recalls Gagne, 40, "my mother and I had a big blowup, right there in front of the doctor." The granddaughters prevailed, and a tube was inserted, but Svanberg's condition worsened. She died on Feb. 19, leaving a family that was mournful, says Gagne, but knit tighter...
...Gary Johanson, medical director of the Memorial Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Santa Rosa, Calif., says that when an incapacitated patient hasn't left a living will or designated someone to make his or her medical decisions, families agree on what to do anyway in about two-thirds of the cases his center sees. When relatives quarrel, he notes, it's typically over old baggage. "Maybe one person feels estranged [from the patient] and now feels guilty if they don't try everything...
That changes when a personal decision becomes a public act. A man who rode the Montgomery buses in 1950 wasn’t making a statement of any kind. But after Rosa Parks gave that rider a chance to attack segregation by attacking the bus system, the decision to ride started to mean something different. The same rider, doing the same thing, in 1956, was sending the wrong message and hurting an important movement...
This year was special for the show, as it celebrated its 20th anniversary. During the show, Counter invited to the stage two of the three students who started Cultural Rhythms in 1986, Lisa M. Guerra Vargas ’87 and Rosa C. Rios...
...President's speech was only his narrow vision of imperialistic dogma. William H. Waxman Santa Rosa, California...