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In Love, A Memoir of Love and Loss, book cover

<img width="197" height="300" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/in-love-cover-2021-197x300.jpeg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="In Love, A Memoir of Love and Loss, book cover" loading="lazy" srcset="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/in-love-cover-2021-197x300.jpeg 197w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/in-love-cover-2021.jpeg 296w" sizes="(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px" />

In Love, A Memoir of Love and Loss

woman sleeping

<img width="300" height="200" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/pexels-rodnae-productions-8865671-300x200.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="woman sleeping" loading="lazy" />

Why I Do This Work

California poppies

<img width="300" height="200" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Canva-Poppy-California-Poppy-Eschscholzia-California-1-300x200.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="California poppies" loading="lazy" srcset="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Canva-Poppy-California-Poppy-Eschscholzia-California-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Canva-Poppy-California-Poppy-Eschscholzia-California-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Canva-Poppy-California-Poppy-Eschscholzia-California-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Canva-Poppy-California-Poppy-Eschscholzia-California-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

Looking Forward in 2022

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A Volunteer’s Story

Major Improvements to the End of Life Option Act

CA State Capitol

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Making a Good Law Better

latino couple reviewing AD document

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Advance Directive: Part 2

End of Life Choices California - Advance Directives

<img width="300" height="200" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Canva-Close-up-Photography-of-Person-Writing-on-White-Paper-300x200.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="End of Life Choices California - Advance Directives" loading="lazy" srcset="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Canva-Close-up-Photography-of-Person-Writing-on-White-Paper-300x200.jpg 300w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Canva-Close-up-Photography-of-Person-Writing-on-White-Paper-768x513.jpg 768w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Canva-Close-up-Photography-of-Person-Writing-on-White-Paper-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Canva-Close-up-Photography-of-Person-Writing-on-White-Paper-1080x721.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

Advance Directive: Part 1

couple talking

<img width="300" height="200" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_1125903191-afam-senior-couple-with-coffee-on-sofa-300x200.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="couple talking" loading="lazy" />

Do You Have an Advance Directive?

courtesy of Bizarro Comics

<img width="300" height="159" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BizarroComics.com-20120902-300x159.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="courtesy of Bizarro Comics" loading="lazy" srcset="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BizarroComics.com-20120902-300x159.jpg 300w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BizarroComics.com-20120902.jpg 740w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

Can We Talk?

Talking to family about end of life choices

<img width="300" height="200" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/shutterstock_407227060-young-asian-mother-and-dauhgter-300x200.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="Talking to family about end of life choices" loading="lazy" />

Honoring National Healthcare Decisions Day

many hands forming heart

<img width="300" height="300" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/hand-sq-300x300.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="many hands forming heart" loading="lazy" />

What the World Needs Now

flowers and skull for Dia de los Muertos

<img width="300" height="226" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/stockvault-dia-de-los-muertos-day-of-the-dead-illustration240106-300x226.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="flowers and skull for Dia de los Muertos" loading="lazy" />

El Día de los Muertos

peaceful river scene

<img width="300" height="184" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Blog-pic-river-scene-300x184.png" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="peaceful river scene" loading="lazy" />

Medical Aid in Living

<img width="300" height="300" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/California-Department-of-Public-Health-from-web-300x300.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="CA DPH logo" loading="lazy" srcset="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/California-Department-of-Public-Health-from-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/California-Department-of-Public-Health-from-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/California-Department-of-Public-Health-from-web.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

California End of Life Option Act 2019

Photo by Hush Naidoo on Unsplash

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Looking for answers about EOL? We can help.

Advance Care Directive

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Advance Care Planning and the Role of Hospice

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Making COVID Lemonade

Advice for Future Corpses

<img width="300" height="218" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Advice_For_Future_Corpses-cover-300x218.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="Advice for Future Corpses" loading="lazy" />

Gentle Tips on Death and Dying

Our Favorite Music

COVID-19 and MAID

a child's delightful oil painting of a clown with a blue hat and a red ball on top.

<img width="300" height="186" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Clown-feature-300x186.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="a child's delightful oil painting of a clown with a blue hat and a red ball on top." loading="lazy" />

My First Death

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On COVID-19, Flexibility and Compassion

<img width="100" height="148" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Diane-Rehm-Book-image.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" />

Diane Rehm’s new book: When My Time Comes

Cycles of Living and Dying…

The Beauty of Choice

Thank you Dr. Israel!

Barriers Persist in California and Elsewhere

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The Path to a Good Death

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EOLCCA 2020 Hope and Vision

Giving Thanks

<img width="300" height="200" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/adult-career-clipboard-1919236-300x200.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/adult-career-clipboard-1919236-300x200.jpg 300w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/adult-career-clipboard-1919236-768x512.jpg 768w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/adult-career-clipboard-1919236-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/adult-career-clipboard-1919236-1080x720.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

Physician-Assisted Suicide…. Not!

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Grateful

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When the Burdens of Living Outweigh the Benefits

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Alternate Endings

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How Not To Die In The ER

Going online shopping this weekend?

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That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour

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A Return To Nature

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Finish Strong: Book Review

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Barriers to Medical Aid in Dying even when it is legal

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When You Don’t Have Access to Medical Aid in Dying…

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In the Middle of a Revolution on Death

<img width="300" height="200" src="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12272059075_dd81af2f14_b-300x200.jpg" class="et_pb_post_main_image no-lazyload skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12272059075_dd81af2f14_b-300x200.jpg 300w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12272059075_dd81af2f14_b-768x512.jpg 768w, https://endoflifechoicesca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/12272059075_dd81af2f14_b.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

We are growing up

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Upcoming San Francisco Volunteer Training Aug. 18

An Act of Love

This Belongs at the Top of Your Summer Reading List

Dealing with Dementia: What Do I Do?

courtesy of Bizarro Comics

The Elephant In The Room

National Clinicians Conference On Medical Aid In Dying

But, Isn’t It Suicide?

Client Advocate Volunteer Training Program Launched

UCSF drops proposed partnership with Dignity Health!

Movie Review: Paddleton (2019 Drama/Comedy)

How to Make Doctors Think About Death

Happy Launch Day, End of Life Choices California!

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