Choice and Dignity Inc.
A Tucson membership nonprofit offering information, education and support about the end of life.
United States
North America About the society.
Choice and Dignity is a membership nonprofit based in Tucson, Arizona. Its vision is a world where people are well informed about the end of life and free to choose a peaceful death, and it offers resources, referral and education to its members and the wider public.
Its five-session class, How to Get the Death You Want, covers the right-to-die movement, advance directives, medical advocacy, talking with family, and the options available at the end of life, including medical aid in dying. It also holds Death Cafés, film-and-discussion evenings and online conversations.
Volunteers from its Speakers Bureau give talks, in person or online, to hospices, care communities and faith groups, and it publishes a quarterly newsletter for its members.
What they do
- ClassesA five-session course on planning for the end of life.
- Advance directivesHelp writing living wills and choosing an advocate.
- ConversationsDeath Cafés, film nights and online discussions.
- Speakers BureauVolunteer talks for hospices, care homes and groups.
Where the law stands in United States.
Legal in 13 states and Washington D.C., and in Montana by court ruling.
- Status
- Legal (State Level)
- Member societies here
- 9
Other member societies in United States.
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A Better Exit
abetterexit.org -
Death with Dignity National Center
deathwithdignity.org -
Dying Right North Carolina
dyingrightnc.org -
End of Life Washington
endoflifewa.org -
Final Exit Network
finalexitnetwork.org -
Hemlock Society of San Diego
hemlocksocietysandiego.org -
Maine Death with Dignity
mainedeathwithdignity.org -
The Completed Life Initiative
completedlife.org