Collaborating, Informing and Empowering
Leading with a health-equity lens, Compassion & Choices aims to empower everyone to make informed decisions about end-of-life care. All communities should have the information and resources to chart their end-of-life journey.
Motivated by the impact of racism, inequity and disparities in end-of-life care, we are connecting with people nationwide to spread the word about the importance of end-of-life care planning and accessing quality end-of-life care.
Through respectful engagement, we encourage priority populations to take charge and identify the values that will inform what kind of care they do or do not want while aligning options with personal priorities and beliefs.
We’re informing and empowering the Black community about the power of end-of-life care and planning. From online tools and resources to in-person events, learn more about what we’re doing to encourage conversations around end-of-life care. Planning equals peace.
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Most people who identify themselves as adhering to a faith or religious group support expanded end-of-life options. We’re creating a network of supportive faith leaders to work in their communities to normalize conversations around end-of-life planning and options.
Through regional events, national conferences and informative webinars, learn about our efforts to inspire the Latino/Hispanic community to take charge of their end-of-life planning and care. Find out how you can get involved.
The end-of-life options and disability rights movements share important core values: autonomy, independence and self-determination. We’re working to correct misconceptions about support within the disability community.
The LGBTQ+ equal rights and end-of-life options movement are historically closely intertwined. Learn how we're supporting progress in end-of-life care equity.
In-person and virtually across the country, we give presentations about advance planning, care, options and Compassion & Choices' many resources and tools to help you chart your end-of-life journey. Visit our events page to attend a Community Engagement event.
Jun 9, 2022 Delaware Delaware End of Life Options Act Doctors4Dignity
Nearly three out of four Delaware physicians surveyed (74%) say they support current legislation that would allow terminally ill adults the legal option of medical aid in dying to end their suffering. In addition, more than three out of four physicians (77%) in the survey who identified as a member of the Medical Society of Delaware (MSD) support the medical aid-in-dying legislation, the Ron Silverio/Heather Block Delaware End of Life Options Act (HB 140).
These are among the findings of a new poll conducted by NüPOINT Market Research on May 23-June 6 and sponsored by Compassion & Choices Action Network.
The random sample-size survey of 147 physicians, including 75 who identified as an MSD member, is timely since the Delaware General Assembly is considering the Ron Silverio/Heather Block Delaware End of Life Options Act (HB 140) before the Assembly is scheduled to adjourn on June 30.
The legislation, which has 12 sponsors and cosponsors, is named in honor of two Delawareans, Ron Silverio and Heather Block, each of whom had terminal cancer and advocated for the bill’s passage before dying with needless suffering because they didn’t have the option of medical aid in dying.
Other results from the NüPOINT Market Research poll include:
Anna Marie D’Amico, M.D.
The poll results summary is posted here: candc.link/de22docsurvey
The crosstabs of the complete poll results are posted here: candc.link/de22docsxtabs
These results mirror similar findings from national surveys of U.S. physicians as well as surveys from doctors in Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York.
A 2020 GBAO Strategies poll showed Delaware voters support medical aid in dying by more than a 3-1 margin (72% vs. 20%), including a strong majority spanning the geographic, political and racial spectrum.
“The evidence from these two polls is clear: Delaware doctors and the patients they serve, regardless of their background, are overwhelmingly united in support of medical aid in dying,” said Tim Appleton, Delaware campaign director for Compassion & Choices Action Network. “It’s time Delaware lawmakers honor their constituents’ wishes and pass the End of Life Options Act before this session ends.”
Neighboring Washington, D.C., New Jersey and nine other states, representing one out of five U.S. residents (22%), authorize medical aid in dying as an end-of-life care option for terminally ill adults.
About Compassion & Choices/Compassion & Choices Action Network:
Compassion & Choices is comprised of two organizations that improve care and expand options at life’s end: Compassion & Choices (501(c)(3)) educates, empowers, defends, and advocates; the Compassion & Choices Action Network (501(c)(4)) focuses exclusively on legislation, ballot campaigns, and limited electoral work.
Paid for by Compassion & Choices Action Network.
