Legacy Therapy

Options in Dying

Episode Summary

Samantha Trad is the California State Director for Compassion and Choices. Samantha passionately works hard to expand patient-centered and patient-directed end of life care across the state. Stacey had the opportunity to connect with her and talk about the ins and outs of medical aid in dying.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Samantha Trad and Stacey Golden-Lisnock discuss:

• Patient-centered and patient-directed end of life care
• The California End of Life Option Act
• Aid in Dying medication

Key takeaways:

• Important to note that there are certain medical organizations with religious affiliations such as Dignity Health where you will not have the full range of End of Life options because doctors are not allowed to practice them due to their ties with the church.
• In many cases, the medication is not used but it is the peace of mind of knowing there is an option should the terminally ill person’s suffering escalate.
• There are locations to return the lethal dose of Aid in Dying medication and advice on how to correctly dispose of it should you decide not to use it.
• In California, Medicare DOES cover the Aid in Dying medication.
• Medical Aid in Dying IS NOT assisted suicide. It is utilized when a terminally ill person who is given a prognosis of six months or less to live who is mentally capable can request medication to self-ingest to bring about a peaceful death.

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https://compassionandchoices.org/
 

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