Death with Dignity Act: Faced with terminal diagnosis, Washingtonians have a right to a full range of options for care at the end-of-life, including medical-aid-in-dying. Medical aid in dying allows terminally ill adults to get a prescription they can take to end...
Policy Statement The medical community has made great progress in developing treatments to extend life. It has also created new fields of medicine devoted to treatments for the pain and suffering associated with debilitating or terminal diseases. End of Life...
Updated resource: Preparation and Choice in the time of COVID-19 Since early April, most of the emails welcoming me to End of Life Washington (EOLWA) as Executive Director have almost apologetically pointed out that the COVID-19 pandemic has created a challenging time...
by Aleah Weslyn, Volunteer Storyteller For centuries, death doulas were present across cultures; particularly found in African culture and among Black communities. Being a death doula was considered a spiritual calling that can be traced all the way back to the slave...
Jessica Kaan, DO Dr. Jessica Kaan attended Creighton University for her undergraduate education and received her medical degree from Des Moines University. She completed her internship and residency at Providence Portland Medical Center. She then served three years in...
by Kris Shankar, Volunteer Storyteller (abridged version from the newsletter) Eastern Washington State tends to be a socially conservative place where religion and traditions guide the outlook of many people. When Cindy Nover, Associate Professor of Social Work...
by Sunil Aggarwal, MD, Ph.D., Board Vice President Recognizing the urgent need for more options to alleviate the at times paralyzing psychospiritual distress that accompanies a terminal illness diagnosis and at end of life, End of Life Washington broke new ground in...
by Nancy Sapiro, JD, EOLWA Lobbyist While it may seem like the ink is barely dry on the bills that were signed into law from the 2022 session, End of Life Washington’s advocacy work is well underway, preparing for the 2023 session. We’ve been meeting internally to...
Nancy pictured with her father at the 1991 Tulip Festival. by Nancy Niedzielski In 2008, I focused all of my time on the Washington Physician-Assisted Death Initiative (I-1000) campaign. It was a promise I made to my husband, Randy. He begged for aid in dying as he...
by Kris Shankar, Volunteer Storyteller Eastern Washington State is much like the rest of rural America. It is a socially conservative place where religion and traditions still guide the beliefs and outlook of most people. When Cindy Nover, Associate Professor of...
After 13 years of helping all clients who need help finding physicians to prescribe aid-in-dying medication, we are on the verge of not having enough willing physicians to support the unprecedented number of clients reaching out to End of Life Washington (EOLWA) for...
by Cassandra Sutherland, MPH, Client Services Manager I write this on the last day of March, a month that brought ninety new clients to End of Life Washington (EOLWA). People are seeking support from EOLWA at unprecedented levels. Weekly, EOLWA is serving more clients...
by Chris Fruitrich, Volunteer Storyteller / Client Advisor Often when people are ready to die, it’s hard to find a doctor. Though that may appear unexpected and contradictory, it is sorrowful for many dying patients. Increasingly, people with terminal conditions are...
