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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.

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Death With Dignity Advocacy Groups
Advance Medical Directives
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Death and Dying Education/Information
Outlines a step-by-step approach to advance care planning, including appointment of a health care agent, documentation of health care goals and treatment priorities (living wills), and consideration of medical orders to limit treatment at the end of life. Trainings and presentations are available for health care professionals, health care facilities, and community groups. The website has downloadable forms that can be used for establishing Advance Directives, registering documentation with the Vermont Advance Directives Registry, and reporting forms for Vermont's law on Physician Assisted Death. There is additional information about medical decision-making and relevant topics on medical ethics and palliative care.

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Death and Dying Education/Information
Public Awareness/Education
Advance Medical Directives
Ethics in Organizational Management
Health Related Advocacy Groups
Provides short term, one-on-one bereavement consultations and bereavement support groups. Offers free educational presentations and in-service trainings to professionals and community groups, as well as community outreach to schools and organizations. Also provides free resource materials and maintains a lending library.

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Terminal Illness Counseling
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Book Loan
Death and Dying Education/Information