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Compassion & Choices' Signature Event

Join us on October 26, 2023, in honoring the extraordinary people behind our greatest triumphs and the next generation of change-makers paving the way for a stronger end-of-life options movement.

Compassion & Choices' Signature Event

Join us on October 26, 2023, in honoring the extraordinary people behind our greatest triumphs and the next generation of change-makers paving the way for a stronger end-of-life options movement.

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrating Our Voices  

As we mark Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 through Oct. 15), we reflect on the importance of the physician-patient relationship in creating me...

Giving the Gift of Planning During the Holidays  

Planning for the end of life is a gift to your loved ones. Preparation means less confusion around care preferences and other end-of-life matter...

Compassion & Choices Announces Inaugural Winners of the Allyne Hammer Excellence in Advocacy Award  

This year Compassion & Choices is honoring the life of Allyne Hammer, a fierce advocate for improving end-of-life care and options, by annou...

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Elaine Saunders sits in a chair with her hands folded in her lap wearing a black sweater and a black hat

Elaine S. Saunders  

Elaine S. Saunders is the Chair of the Genevieve N. Johnson Senior Day Care Center Advisory Council, based in Washington, DC. As part of its goals, the Genevieve N. Johnson Senior Day Care Center has the ultimate objective to make a joyful, improved, and quality-driven life for all of its senior citizen clients.

“Protect your legacy. Get your affairs in order. Make a plan and share it with your loved ones–I have.”

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Roger Kligler seated at a microphone

Roger Kligler, M.D.  

A long-time advocate for medical aid in dying, Roger Kligler is a retired physician in Falmouth, MA, living with prostate cancer.

“I want this option to be clearly authorized in Massachusetts in my lifetime—for me, for you, for everyone.”

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