Hemlock Society of San Diego
Educating people about choice, dignity and control at the end of life since 1987.
United States
North America About the society.
The Hemlock Society of San Diego is a nonprofit that educates people about their end-of-life choices, from hospice and palliative care to California's End of Life Option Act. It is based in San Diego, but membership is open to any adult and most of its programmes are free and online.
Co-founded in 1987 by Faye Girsh and Derek Humphry, it describes itself as the only remaining chapter of the original Hemlock Society USA. It is an educational organisation, not a medical provider.
It holds public meetings with expert speakers six times a year, runs a right-to-die film series, small peer discussion groups called Hemlock Circles and a speakers bureau, and offers free, confidential individual counselling. It also supports law reform and legal defence campaigns.
What they do
- Public meetingsExpert speakers six times a year, mostly online.
- Film seriesRight-to-die films with discussion.
- Hemlock CirclesSmall peer discussion and support groups.
- InformationEnd-of-life choices, forms and documents.
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 -
Choice and Dignity Inc.
choiceanddignity.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 -
Maine Death with Dignity
mainedeathwithdignity.org -
The Completed Life Initiative
completedlife.org