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PATIENT CHOICES VERMONT | PATIENT CHOICES VERMONT

Educates Vermonters about end-of-life options, including medical aid in dying under Vermont's Act 39. This law enables mentally competent adult Vermont residents who have a terminal illness with six months or less to live with the option of requesting medical aid in dying. Provides advice and assistance to both doctors and patients. Offers online and printed materials that include A Vermonter's Guide to End-of-Life Decision-Making as well as a Pocket Guide to Medical Decision-Making and provides suggestions for patients on how to talk to their doctor. Also advocates to influence policy, regulations, and practices that affect the terminally ill. Complete iquiry form through the website required. Inquires via email, telephone, or the website typically returned in 24 hours. Vermont's law permits participating medical providers to prescribe medical aid in dying prescriptions, which must be administered by the patient themselves. Patients typically call Patient Choices Vermont seeking information about aid in dying or to receive coaching on how to find and talk to a doctor about prescribing under Act 39. Doctors who call typically are referred to other doctors who can provide them with information on clinical assessment, conversations in the case of terminal illness, and medications.

Last Assured

08/12/2024

Physical Address

Hours

Hours Vary

Application process

By Email; By Telephone; By Website; Information On Website

Fee

Free

Eligibility

Adults Age 18 and Older

Agency info

PATIENT CHOICES VERMONT

Patient Choices Vermont is a private, non-profit organization that educates patients, families, clinicians and service providers, about end-of-life options, including medical aid in dying and patient choice, related to the state's Patient Choice at End of Life Law, Act 39. The law enables mentally competent adults who have a terminal illness with six months or less to live, the option of requesting medical aid in dying.