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DDNC's Perspective on End-of-Life Care Activity Around the World
The Death with Dignity National Center is excited about the scope and extent of the international activity surrounding end-of-life care issues. To us, this represents a period where the time is ripe to move forward, where Death with Dignity laws have a stronger chance for widespread support and passage across the United States.
With awareness spreading about end-of-life care issues internationally, the Death with Dignity movement is experiencing and benefiting from:
Momentum is building in the movement.
The activity that we are witnessing signals to us that we are experiencing a positive political climate where change is possible and gains may be made to benfefit all.
End-of-life care is being discussed in thorough and complex ways by intuitions like the House of Lords, the Quebec College of Physicians, and the US court system. This means that international standards for care are being negotiated within and between nations. As a movement, this diffusion of ideas is important because more and more individuals are becoming aware of the death with dignity struggle and the need to address end-of-life care issues in a proactive, comprehensive, and compassionate way. Communities around the world are considering end-of-life care options and this increase in knowledge and discussion can spark additional changes here in the U.S. This is also important because it shows that there is a growing understanding of end-of-life care as a critical policy issue in the U.S. and abroad.
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About Death with Dignity
The greatest human freedom is to live, and die, according to one's own desires and beliefs. From advance directives to physician-assisted dying, death with dignity is a movement to provide options for the dying to control their own end-of-life care.
Death with Dignity National Center is the leader in this movement, successfully establishing, advancing and defending the landmark Oregon and Washington Death with Dignity Acts.
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The Death with Dignity National Center partners with the Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund to conduct lobbying and political activities in order to achieve the enactment of Death with Dignity laws in other states.
Learn more about the Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund.
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The Death with Dignity National Center was formed out of a profound commitment to the idea that personal end-of-life decisions should be made solely between a patient and a physician. We are pleased to provide you with support and information as you face the difficult challenges ahead.
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