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Compassion & Choices is the nation’s oldest, largest and most active nonprofit working to improve care, expand options and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.
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Dementia End-of-Life Care
We're working to transform how people die with dementia to ensure people are aware, empowered and supported in getting the care they want – or do not want – should dementia take hold.
people
Healthcare Equity at the End of Life
Compassion & Choices is working in partnership with our Leadership Councils and partner organizations to address inequities in end-of-life care and planning.
home
Medical Aid in Dying
Compassion & Choices is leading efforts to authorize, implement and defend medical aid in dying so all terminally ill people who are eligible will have access to the full range of end-of-life care options.
block
Voluntarily Stop Eating and Drinking
Compassion & Choices is working to raise awareness about the option of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking.
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Advance Care Planning
Hospice Care
Palliative Care
Palliative Sedation
Refusals to Provide Care
Telehealth
Unwanted Medical Treatment
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Aug 1, 2022
An excerpt from the Los Angeles Times feature article, “One last trip: Gabriella Walsh’s decision to die — and celebrate life — on her own terms,” published August 1, 2022.
End-of-Life Care Advocacy Group Announces Recipient of Annual Rev. Dr. Paul Smith Award
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Federal Brief Claims Regulating Death Doulas as Funeral Directors Violates First Amendment Free Speech Right
Nov 22, 2021
Compassion & Choices filed an amicus brief in federal court late Friday in support of a lawsuit to protect the First Amendment free speech r...
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Nov 4, 2021
Compassion & Choices praised a California appeals court for dismissing a five-year-old lawsuit that resulted in a lower court temporarily su...
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