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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 05/08/2026

Medical aid in dying is legal in New York as of today. To learn more about eligibility criteria and the prescription process, see our clinical guidance here: www.aadm.org/newyork

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 21/05/2026

Vermont's Patient Choice and Control at the End of Life Act went into effect on May 20, 2013.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 03/05/2026

The Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine is committed to helping patients and clinicians navigate the complex realities of end-of-life care. Read more and download the full resource at AADM.org. www.aadm.org/wp-content/u...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 20/04/2026

For personal learning or CME/CE credit, use the link to watch this video and explore prognosis management and the role of aid-in-dying in modern healthcare. 🔗: www.aadm.org/courses/danc...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 13/04/2026

The Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine, a non-advocacy teaching non-profit, has developed a free, seven-course Overview of Aid-in-Dying Care series designed for clinicians of all stripes, doctors to doulas. Access is FREE! CEs are available for purchase. courses.aadm.org

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 13/04/2026

Medical aid-in-dying continues to be one of the most carefully reviewed areas of modern medicine—examined across clinical, ethical, and legal dimensions. Read this New York State Bar Association article for thoughtful insight: nysba.org/another-voic...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 02/04/2026

As New York moves forward with the Medical Aid in Dying Act, it’s a timely moment to learn more about the medical, ethical, and clinical aspects of aid-in-dying care. The Academy remains dedicated to supporting clinicians in providing informed, compassionate care. 🔗: www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/in-...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 28/03/2026

Hospice compliance might sound like dry paperwork, but it’s the heartbeat of ethical, effective end-of-life care. Our new webpage breaks down the essentials every hospice clinician, admin, and volunteer should understand, without the jargon or legal maze. Link: www.aadm.org/courses/gene...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 06/03/2026

The Washington Death with Dignity Act went into effect on March 5, 2009.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 21/02/2026

Complex end-of-life cases can raise difficult questions. Our Ethics Consultations provide expert guidance to support clinicians, patients, and families in navigating aid-in-dying decisions with compassion and clarity. Explore how an ethics consult can help your team: www.aadm.org/courses/ethi...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 23/01/2026

Considering your end-of-life options? You're not alone. The Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine offers compassionate, expert guidance to help you navigate the process of medical aid in dying. Your choices matter. We're here to support you every step of the way. Learn more at www.aadm.org/patientinfo

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 16/01/2026

The Academy’s "Factors for Prolonged Deaths (Red Flags)" resource highlights clinical, medication, and psychosocial issues that can complicate medical aid-in-dying. Learn more: aadm.org/courses/redflags

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 16/01/2026

Our new 7-course Aid-in-Dying Care Series prepares frontline clinicians to support terminally ill patients. The curriculum is grounded in evidence-based best practices and years of real-world experience from skilled aid-in-dying clinicians. Learn more on our website!

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 24/12/2025

Everyone deserves expert, compassionate medical care through their final breath. Your gift will help hospices, doctors, nurses, social workers, and end-of-life doulas develop expertise in providing aid-in-dying care to people with terminal conditions. Donate today!

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 13/12/2025

We're pleased to add Ms. Kiskadden-Bechtel to our team. She brings over a decade of expertise in bioethics, public policy, and nonprofit leadership to our critical role in advancing compassionate end-of-life care.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 24/10/2025

Compassion. Choice. Expertise. Coordinated aid-in-dying hospice care prioritizes patients, supporting their autonomy, guiding families, and empowering your care team.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 24/10/2025

Over 90% of patients considering or completing aid in dying are enrolled in hospice at the time of their death. In the evolving landscape of end-of-life care, medical aid in dying presents opportunities and challenges for hospices.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 10/10/2025

Through the Academy’s confidential intake form, patients and families can be connected with qualified providers in their area. Learn more and access the form here: www.aadm.org/for-patients...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 10/10/2025

The Academy offers advice and mentoring for clinicians seeking support in caring for patients pursuing medical aid in dying. We encourage all care providers to reach out with any clinical questions—big or small. No concern is too minor, and no case too complex.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 24/09/2025

The Academy supports a conversational Listserv on the clinical practice of medical aid in dying, discussions among professionals interested in aid-in-dying medicine — from doctors to doulas — and information about Academy activities. www.aadm.org/join-our-mai...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 21/09/2025

Many don't know that aid-in-dying is legal, even in states where it has been legal for many years. This article shows the need for public education, policy initiatives, and patient-clinician discussions to ensure equitable access to patient-centered end-of-life options and informed decision-making.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 18/09/2025

As of 2025, medical aid in dying is legal in twelve US jurisdictions, while there are aid-in-dying organizations represented as follows: (See comment section) Learn more about this in Issue 2 of the Journal, on page 128.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 14/09/2025

This article, co-authored by the Academy’s Nursing Education and Hospice Outreach Coordinator, Thalia DeWolf, RN, CHPN, and the Director of Education, Lonny Shavelson, MD, is an aid-in-dying update to the Bay Area clinical community. Link: www.aadm.org/wp-content/u...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 11/09/2025

“Thanatology, the science of dying, death, and grief, provides an overarching framework to study the social and personal influences of death. In the aid-in-dying context, a thanatology perspective can clarify the framework of the end-of-life decision.” - Kim Mooney Link: heyzine.com/flip-book/2c...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 11/09/2025

Read the poem, "Crushed Fruit, for Mary A." in Issue 2 of the Aid-in-Dying Medicine Journal, on page 127. heyzine.com/flip-book/2c...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 09/09/2025

Hospice nurses, social workers, and spiritual care providers give crucial care to patients considering or completing medical aid in dying, plus support for their families. Share experiences, challenges, insights, or questions with your peers: www.aadm.org/courses/hosp...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 08/09/2025

Are tense ascites and portal hypertension Factors for Prolonged Aid-In-Dying Death? The data collected by the Academy indicate they are. (The Academy listserve members received the details from our Director of Education. Join here: www.aadm.org/join-our-mai...) www.aadm.org/courses/redf...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 07/09/2025

Now! Search our website for PDFs, our journal articles, and more. Look for the Search field in the the top right corner of each page.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 23/08/2025

Calling all hospice staff! Our private support groups are a safe space for you to connect with peers, share your experiences, and find support. Your emotional well-being matters. Apply today! Here is the link to the application page: www.aadm.org/courses/hosp...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 23/08/2025

Looking for somewhere to start or advance your knowledge in medical aid in dying? Our 2025 Overview of Best Clinical Practices video session is a free resource designed for healthcare professionals. Watch now and learn more about how to support best practices: www.aadm.org/courses/2025...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 31/07/2025

The Medicare beneficiary deaths occurring under hospice care reflects a shift toward less-medicalized end-of-life experiences, prioritizing comfort, autonomy, and grief support. As aid in dying and palliative options evolve, critical questions remain: Who controls the dying process?

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 31/07/2025

"You," a poem by EOL Doula and bedside volunteer, Alyssa Siegal, in JADM Issue 2. heyzine.com/flip-book/2c...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 31/07/2025

Your prescriber or hospice can guide you on whether, when, and how to proceed. Keep your options open: Make plans for a non-aid-in-dying death. Have a nurse, doula, or volunteer at your bedside to manage the details so your family doesn't have to.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 26/06/2025

Medical Aid in Dying: A Guide for Patients and Their Supporters, originated from the questions, interests, and needs of dying patients, their families, their loved ones, and the many others who support them. Its goal is to demystify and facilitate the process of medical aid in dying.

A book cover titled Medical Aid in Dying: A Guide for Patients and Their Supporters by Lonny Shavelson, MD. The cover features a serene coastal landscape with rolling green hills leading to the ocean under a sky with wispy clouds. The book is published by the American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying in 2022. The guide aims to demystify and facilitate the process of medical aid in dying, addressing the questions and needs of patients, families, and supporters.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 26/06/2025

How to handle this situation is a common question! The answer is, "It depends." Read our clinical discussion of concerns and considerations for various scenarios here: lnkd.in/gTpStv5Y. Or contact the Academy’s Clinicians Hotline at lnkd.in/gtAWvKgX.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 09/06/2025

After you die, your family calls hospice or the prescriber, who contacts the mortuary. Legally, the death certificate must list your underlying medical condition as the cause of death, and life insurance must honor policies. Families may want specialized grief support; contact us for details.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 02/06/2025

Oregon Then and Now deathwithdignity.org/news/2017/09...

An image of Oregon state in 1994. This image is intended to consider what Oregon looked like during the time when voters approved the nation's first medical aid-in-dying statute, the Oregon Death with Dignity Act.

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 02/06/2025

A significant number of hospices in U.S. states where medical aid in dying is legal have policies that require nurses to leave the room when a patient ingests the medication. What are the ethics of these policies? www.aadm.org/wp-content/u...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 10/05/2025

A recent temporary morphine unavailability enabled our collection of data about the use of hydrocodone in Aid-in-Dying formula. Lonny Shavelson, MD, the Academy's Director of Education, explains in this 12-minute video. youtu.be/5Gc491YLzRU

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Hydromorphone vs Morphine in Aid-in-Dying Medication Prescription

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 28/04/2025

Colorado End of Life Options Colorado (EOLO CO) is proud to host its inaugural conference, to be held in Denver. The Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine, the premier clinical education platform in this field, proudly endorses the conference. To register: givebutter.com/akeo1j

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 27/04/2025

In the Academy's continued efforts to reach out to you with information in a variety of formats, we've just produced a video-podcast interview with the authors of one of our journal's article. Watch or listen on our YT channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYXk...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 21/04/2025

Clinical roles: physicians and advanced practice providers, nurses, social workers, psychiatrists & psychologists, spiritual care providers, end-of-life doulas, volunteers (aid in dying trained). Non-clinical roles: ethicists, lawyers, administrators. aadm.org

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 09/04/2025

"Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters." -Margaret Wheatley

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 07/04/2025

Patients must make a direct, uncoerced request to a participating MD who confirms they are 18+, have a terminal diagnosis, less than 6 months to live, mental capacity, and can self-administer the medication. The practical requirements are complex. www.aadm.org/patientinfo

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 01/04/2025

For the 27th year, the Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, Center for Health Statistics has published the statistics they collect under the Death with Dignity Act. 2024's Data Summary is available at www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVI...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 28/03/2025

People considering Aid in Dying, as well as those around them, benefit from existential and emotional care, which can be provided by trained spiritual care providers. The article includes case samples. www.aadm.org/courses/spir...

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The Academy of Aid-In-Dying Medicine @aadm.org · 20/03/2025

Register for this March’s webinar MAiD: A Personal Story of Family, Policy and Commitment to Care which will feature Thalia DeWolf, RN and INELDA’s Janine Cuthbertson as they recount the story of Janine’s mother’s end-of-life journey with Medical Aid in Dying. inelda.org/events/ineld...

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