Read Death with Dignity’s Spring/Summer 2021 Newsletter
June 8, 2021
Hot off the presses: The latest edition of The Dignity Report. Read more about our recipe for success in states across the country.
Donor Spotlight: Joanne Busiel’s Lifetime of Activism
January 25, 2018
One of the defining characteristics of Death with Dignity supporters is their inspiring level of engagement with the world around them and their steadfast commitment to social justice. Joanne Busiel is no exception.
Deborah Ziegler: “My Only Child”
December 27, 2016
My only child, Brittany Maynard, died at age twenty-nine of a brain tumor. When Britt was initially diagnosed here in California with glioblastoma, she knew her disease was not only going to be a challenge to…
Local Advocate Spotlight: Valerie Lovelace, Maine
February 3, 2016
Last year, Maine came closer than ever to having a Death with Dignity statute. The Maine House passed LD 1270, An Act Regarding Patient-directed Care at the End of Life, with a vote of 76 to…
What Hospice Volunteering Has Taught Me
May 8, 2015
By Dora Csikos I started to volunteer in Budapest’s only hospice house more than a year ago because I wanted to give my time and attention to those who are living behind the walls of the taboo of dying and…