Does “getting your affairs in order” include planning your own funeral? Here’s why it should.
Lamar Hankins provides a point-by-point rebuttal to Wesley J. Smith’s attack on VSED.
Advice from hospice physician Karen Wyatt to make sure your exit is on your terms.
More stories from FEN members about why the right to die is important to them.
Only 10% of us will die in our sleep. For the rest, here is a list that can help facilitate a peaceful and painless exit.
As a counter-point to Derek Humphry’s recent post, the director of FEN’s Exit Guide program voices support for self-deliverance based on a “completed life.”
Bill Palmer shares some reflections and insights as founder of Death Cafe Oakland in California.
Has anyone told you to not be afraid or angry when making end-of-life decisions? They were wrong.
Does COVID-19 have a silver lining for advocates of death with dignity? Barak Wolff of New Mexico End-of-Life Options Coalition thinks so.
Most dementia directives call for voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED) at a prescribed point late in the progression of dementia. In most cases, this requires eliminating hand feeding based on the proposition that hand feeding is a medical treatment or medical care.