Pennsylvania – Page 2 – Compassion & Choices

Gail Lutz

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Gail shared her story in January of 2021. I watched my husband, the love of my life, drown in his own fluids as he succumbed to his cancer. As he…

Barb Schaefer

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Barb shared her story in February of 2021. Following hospitalization for a persistent urinary tract infection, my 80-year-old father was able to return home in May of 2020. We were…

Jackie Langlois

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Jackie shared her story in August of 2019. I have worked with many terminally ill patients at home and in the hospital as a registered nurse (RN) of 40 years.…

Andy Sealy

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Andy (1980-2024) shared her story with Compassion & Choices in 2019. After advocating for years for the option of medical aid in dying in Pennsylvania, Andy passed away on August…

Volunteer Spotlight: Stuart Chalfin

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Stuart Chalfin started a Compassion & Choices Philadelphia-area group in 2012 because he felt compelled by the grim news articles about how people die in modern America and the impressions…

Why Is Barbara Mancini Facing a Felony Charge in Her Father’s Death?

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The bizarre case against 57-year-old Barbara Mancini of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, drags on: Police allege that she handed her dying father, Joe Yourshaw, his bottle of prescription morphine, which he requested. He…

State: Pennsylvania

Gail Lutz

Barb Schaefer

Jackie Langlois

Andy Sealy

Volunteer Spotlight: Stuart Chalfin

Why Is Barbara Mancini Facing a Felony Charge in Her Father’s Death?