Patient Choices Vermont

Educating Vermonters and USA citizens on end-of-life options, policy, regulations, and practice that affect the terminally ill.

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Planning your end-of-life journey can present some of life’s toughest decisions. In those moments, you can count on Patient Choices Vermont to offer you clarity, compassion and trusted guidance. https://t.co/y9pqnO6cIP

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When Shonali Bose speaks about death, there’s no hushed tone or fearful pause. The National Award-winning director was recently in the city for the screening of her docu-film A Fly on the Wall at Bangalore International Centre. https://t.co/esHDhGihND

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PCV's Sept Zoom discussion about Medical Aid in Dying under Act 39, followed by a chance to meet the documentary filmmakers of Death Differently. https://t.co/TQ4CXEJH76

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MAID in the U.S. vs. Canada: What You Need to Know

Sept issue of The Atlantic - “Canada is Killing Itself” spurred a great deal of debate about the practice of MAID in Canada and the US and heightened the need for accurate information.
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Apart from Vermont and Oregon, which do not have residency restrictions every other state where medical aid in dying has been authorized via the legislative process has statutory language that limits the use of the practice to in-state residents.
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"Death is not a partisan issue," Tony Ray, founder of “Florida Death with Dignity," said. "Everyone wants to be in control of how they die." https://t.co/ExHClFtou5

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WATCH FOR OUR UPCOMING SCREENINGS IN VERMONT IN SEPTEMBER... “Other Side,” which premiered in March at the South by Southwest Festival but is not yet in general release, is the work of the New York-based filmmaking duo of Heather Hogan and Carter Oakley. https://t.co/IiSHBgwple

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“When we avoid this discussion, we rob ourselves of one of life's most clarifying forces—and that's the awareness that our time is finite.” - Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider, founder of End Well https://t.co/BFjgKciNV5

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The vote means the central European country will join several others that allow terminally ill people to receive medical help to end their lives, including Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as some states in the United States. https://t.co/9SUMpmu8lo

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Michael Cholbiis professor and personal chair in philosophy at the University of Edinburgh in in Scotland, UK, founder of International Association for the Philosophy of Death and Dying (IAPDD) & Consortium on Assisted Dying in Scotland (PCADS). https://t.co/QVhjNFmRJz

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"The amendment, which will allow physicians to shorten the waiting period to as few as seven days, sparked weeks of emotional testimony at the State House." https://t.co/UxZBTA5DAT

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This year, legislation was passed in both the Assembly (A.995a) sponsored by New York State Assemblywoman Paulin and the Senate (S.2445a) sponsored by New York State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal for the Medical Aid in Dying Act. https://t.co/9kHJLluwvj

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Psychologists play a critical role in supporting patients in making end-of-life decisions and helping patients’ families accept and honor those wishes. https://t.co/p9MkAw2rQA

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Mainers living with terminal illnesses soon may not have to wait as long to take life-ending medication because physicians will be able to waive up to ten days of the required waiting period. https://t.co/ztv8eXRNtb

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" I write to rattle the strategy of life. I come out swinging and singing, hoping, in the end, to wear it down to nothing but sucker-punches and death; cheap-shots and a bell that never stops tolling in a roundless match." - Nathaniel Whittemore https://t.co/UfhL1jKy1h

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MPs vote to back a bill illegalizing assisted dying in England and Wales by 23 votes. https://t.co/pXglXyAQaV

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The NPR program Here and Now reached out to us for an interview. PCV's Executive Director, Amy Bruce joined Robin Young along with a Vermont homeowner and family member of a MAID patient. Click to listen...
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Please call Gov. Kathy Hochul now at 518-474-8390 and tell her to sign the MAID bill. When you call, you can politely state your name, where you are from, and state your support for the MAID bill and why it matters to you.

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"There are currently 10 states, as well as the District of Columbia, that have passed laws making medical assistance in dying (MAID) legal, according to Death With Dignity, and a number of others are considering similar legislation this year." https://t.co/cVUchUYrfZ

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Read on for recent highlights about Patient Choices Vermont’s Outreach and Education Programs. https://t.co/Mrang7HNMU