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End-of-Life Education (Link to Video Below)
More than 600 people, in person and virtually, attended the end-of-life panel discussion held on December 4th, 2024. It was a successful event delivering on our goal to further Medical Aid in Dying education for Californians! Much thanks to Mira Costa College for hosting us‚ Senator Catherine Blakespear for organizing the event and to th
More than 600 people, in person and virtually, attended the end-of-life panel discussion held on December 4th, 2024. It was a successful event delivering on our goal to further Medical Aid in Dying education for Californians! Much thanks to Mira Costa College for hosting us‚ Senator Catherine Blakespear for organizing the event and to the panel of experts‚ who provided great perspectives on how people approach the difficult challenges at the end of life.
This 90-minute event has been recorded‚ which included many thoughtful questions from people attending or watching on Zoom. You may watch the event by clicking the link below.
WATCH VIDEO HERE
Click Here to see photos from the event.
Contact us if you would like to have a medical aid in dying presentation at your club, community or organization: contact@abetterexit.org.
Conference Highlights September 2024
A Better Exit’s Vice President, Christie Golemb and Treasurer Janet Hager traveled to Ireland in September to attend the World Federation of Right to Die Societies Biannual Conference.
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading
Winter’s End: Dementia and Dying Well follows Dan Winter as he investigates what method to employ and the timing of when to hasten his death after receiving a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The author, Dr. Lewis Cohen, interweaves into Dan’s story the voices of numerous palliative medicine practitioners, legal scholars, b
Winter’s End: Dementia and Dying Well follows Dan Winter as he investigates what method to employ and the timing of when to hasten his death after receiving a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The author, Dr. Lewis Cohen, interweaves into Dan’s story the voices of numerous palliative medicine practitioners, legal scholars, bioethicists, social workers, nurses, neurologists, psychiatrists, and right-to-die advocates (including one of A Better Exit’s Founding Directors, Janet Hager) from North America and Europe.