Palliative care physician, pioneer of telemedicine and member of Compassion & Choices’ Healthcare Advisory Council, Michael Fratkin chooses to focus on people rather than illness. Read More.
To honor November as both Hospice and Palliative Care Month and Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, we ran a blog series featuring staff members Maria Otero and Bob Drake, as well as Compassion & Choices storyteller Don Pilcher. Read more.
Our 2019-2020 annual report is out now, highlighting the organization’s progress and accomplishments in a time like no other. Read more.
In the Media
“Dear Abby,” syndicated in over 1,000 newspapers, referred readers to Compassion & Choices’ website and founder, President Emerita and Senior Advisor Barbara Coombs Lee’s recent book, Finish Strong: Putting Your Priorities First at Life’s End, in response to a reader’s question about end-of-life autonomy.
An article by Dr. Julianne Malveaux, “How Do You Want to Die,” about the importance of end-of-life planning in the black community also recommends Barbara Coombs Lee’s Finish Strong and appeared in several publications nationwide.
NBC’s Today website and People.com featured Compassion & Choices advocate Dan Diaz discussing the six years since his late wife, Brittany Maynard, used medical aid in dying to end her suffering from terminal brain cancer.
