End-of-Life Care Group Praises Report by NJ Gov. Advisory Council on End-of-Life Care
November 27, 2018Compassion & Choices today praised a new report by the New Jersey Governor’s Advisory Council on End-of-Life Care, noting that…
California hospice doctor joins Compassion & Choices Board of Directors
November 13, 2018To commemorate the first day of national hospice month, Compassion & Choices announced today it has appointed a leading expert…
More Medicare patients dying at home, JAMA study finds
July 3, 2018“Although most Americans over 65 say that they’d prefer to die at home, in 2009 only 24% of them actually did. Yet,…
Pride 2018: “I keep returning to my first loves: hospice and palliative care”
June 13, 2018By Yvette Robinson
In 1988, I began volunteering with a community-based organization providing care to AIDS patients. I am not even sure to…
A Call To The Palliative Care Community For A Patient-Centered Response To Medical Aid In Dying
June 7, 2017By Barbara Coombs Lee, President and CEO, Kim Callinan, Chief Program Officer, Compassion & Choices
This piece originally appeared on the March 15, 2017 Health Affairs Blog During the past 20 years, the end-of-life care community…
Health on the Hill: HR 3119 The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) is Heard on the Hill
September 12, 2016Everyone should be in the driver’s seat when it comes to their healthcare, especially at the end of life. We…
The Inside Scoop: Federal Policy on Advanced Illness and End-of-Life Care
February 29, 2016By Kim Callinan and Mark Dann
In 2015, our nation saw progress on the federal policy front as it relates to improving care and expanding choice…
We listen. We care.
November 22, 2011By Barbara Coombs Lee
Huffington Post November 16, 2011 Leaders in the care of patients who face serious and life-limiting illness have designated November…
