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Compassion in Dying Federation provides national leadership for client service, legal advocacy and public education to improve pain and symptom management, increase patient empowerment and self-determination and expand end-of-life choices to include aid-in-dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.

Originator(s): Compassion in Dying Federation

Resource added in: 27/11/2002

Objective: Work toward improved care and expanded options at life's end, with goals of comprehensive, effective comfort care for every dying person, and legal and humane aid-in-dying if suffering is unbearable and cannot be relieved.

Available languages: English

Oncology Service, Hospital, Cancer Care Facilities, Drug Therapy, Death, Attitude to Death, Pain, Social Support, Confidentiality