Vermont – Compassion & Choices

Tara Shapiro

lukej December 11, 2024 No Comments

Tara shared her story in April of 2024. Janice was constantly in motion. Moving, cleaning, organizing — my mother-in-law liked to have everything in her life planned and in its…

Carol Boerner

lukej September 13, 2024 No Comments

Carol shared her story in August of 2024. It was Christmas Eve 1976, in a hospital outside Philadelphia. I was on a rotating medical internship caring for a woman experiencing…

Updated Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying State Packets

lukej August 7, 2024 No Comments

Our Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying state packets help explain the medical aid in dying process in jurisdictions where it is authorized*. Compassion & Choices updated the packets to…

Beth McKenna

lukej August 6, 2024 No Comments

Beth shared her story in July of 2024. Up until the day before he died, my dad was giving me book recommendations. Always an avid reader, he encouraged in me…

An Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying – Vermont

lukej July 31, 2024 No Comments

Vermont’s Patient Choice Act Medical aid in dying is the practice in which a terminally ill, mentally competent adult patient voluntarily requests and receives a prescription medication from a physician…

Advocates Praise Vermont Legislature and Governor for Removing Residency Requirement From State’s Medical Aid-in-Dying Law

Katie Wingo April 12, 2024 No Comments

Advocates for improving end-of-life care options for terminally ill adults praised the Vermont Legislature and Gov. Phil Scott (R-Vt.) for becoming the first state to remove the residency requirement from…

Jacob Shannon

lukej March 18, 2024 No Comments

Jacob shared his story in February of 2024. My mom and dad had been longtime supporters of medical aid in dying, with my father being one of the only physicians…

For Vermont Medical Providers

Katie Wingo March 11, 2024 No Comments

For Vermont Medical Providers For PhysiciansThe Compassion & Choices Doc2Doc line offers free, confidential telephone consultation with one of our seasoned medical directors, each with years of experience in end-of-life medical care…

For Vermont Patients

Katie Wingo March 11, 2024 No Comments

For Vermont Patients 1Act 39, Vermont Patient Choice and Control at the End of Life Act, authorizes medical aid in dying. Medical aid in dying is a safe and trusted medical practice…

State: Vermont