Help Improve Care and Expand Options for the End of Life
Help Improve Care and Expand Options for the End of Life
Compassion & Choices’ legal client, Ana Romero, the widow of Juan Fernando Romero, was sued by his family to take away her authority to make healthcare decisions for him when he fell ill. In March 2018, after Juan’s death, a judge ruled she was rightfully in control of her husband’s medical decisions.
Compassion & Choices’ legal client, Ana Romero, the widow of Juan Fernando Romero, was sued by his family to take away her authority to make healthcare decisions for him when he fell ill. In March 2018, after Juan’s death, a judge ruled she was rightfully in control of her husband’s medical decisions.
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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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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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