The Good Death Society Blog

Without legal next of kin or a healthcare agent, a court will appoint a complete stranger to be your guardian to make life and death decisions. If you're uncomfortable with that, name your power of attorney. (Continue reading ...)

Last year, the Completed Life Initiative commissioned Sarah J. Kiskadden-Bechtel, MBe to conduct a landscape analysis of common barriers and best practices of medical aid in dying (MAID) in the United States. How jurisdictions address the implementation challenges documented in the report will shape how legal authorization translates to meaningful access for all eligible patient...

"Society would be well-served to understand what proportion of the population chooses to hasten their death. Only by measuring a phenomenon can we hope to understand it and craft beneficial public policy in response to it." -- Doug Wussler (Continue reading ......

Dying at "home" with loved ones is a bit easier now, thanks to a small but growing number of end-of-life hosts who open their doors to those who go to Vermont and Oregon to die. (Continue reading ...)