Thanks to the determined leadership of Sen. Eggman, and signed October 5, 2021 by Gov. Newsom, SB 380 makes the California End of Life Option Act more accessible to the terminally-ill.
Major Improvements to the End of Life Option Act
read more
News
Advance Care Planning and the Role of Hospice
"The peace of mind that results from that rich conversation improves the mental and social well-being of patients and reassures them that their family won’t experience the suffering of not knowing what they would have wanted if they became unable to participate in...
COVID-19 and MAID
This KQED (San Francisco) story by April Dembosky offers a wealth of accurate information for anyone thinking about using the California End of Life Option Act (EOLOA) to access MedicalA id In Dying (MAID). The story is a concise discussion for those terminally-ill...
Barriers Persist in California and Elsewhere
The barriers to using medical aid in dying remain so high that in one state, pharmacists are fighting back and helping terminally-ill individuals find physicians willing to help. We know this because of a recent Kaiser Health News story by JoNel Aleccia. Aleccia is...
Barriers to Medical Aid in Dying even when it is legal
A recent story about the firing of Dr. Barbara Morris, a courageous geriatric physician in Colorado who went to court to fight for the right of her patient to use the state’s medical aid-in-dying law, is yet another warning for those of us in California and other...
When You Don’t Have Access to Medical Aid in Dying…
As of Tuesday, August 27, an appeals court in New Jersey overturned the restraining order mentioned in this post, which halted New Jersey’s “Aid in Dying” law, now making it lawful for terminally ill individuals to request a prescription from their physician to end...
We are growing up
End of Life Choices California is growing up. We launched in February 2019 as just the spark of an idea. An idea full of purpose, caring, enthusiasm and commitment. The four of us came together to create a new nonprofit dedicated to providing accurate information...
Upcoming San Francisco Volunteer Training Aug. 18
Hello Northern Californians! In case you haven’t already heard, we want you to know about an upcoming fabulous opportunity. We have scheduled our first northern California volunteer training in San Francisco for Sunday, August 18 from 10 am - 4 pm (includes lunch). ...
National Clinicians Conference On Medical Aid In Dying
We are pleased to announce that End of Life Choices California just became an official sponsor of the first-of-its-kind National Clinicians Conference on Medical Aid in Dying taking place at University of California, Berkeley on February 14-15, 2020. We are very...
Client Advocate Volunteer Training Program Launched
EOLCCA inaugurated its first Client Advocate Volunteer Training program on June 2, 2019 in Tarzana, CA. We spent a fact-filled day training four wonderful volunteers from the Los Angeles and San Diego areas, sharing information and reviewing best practices we expect...