One Family’s Experience with the End of Life Options Act
Hosted by Bay Area Humanists (BAH)
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Join us for an engaging talk and Q&A with Rufus Browning, who will speak about his late brother Charles (pictured):
In the late summer of 2016, my brother Charles became one of the first Californians to make use of the End of Life Options Act to end his life. My talk will describe the context of his decision to do so, the family and institutional process that unfolded, and its impact on the family.
Charles's physician in the last few weeks of his life wrote about the experience. Her article is available here https://www.compassionandchoices.org/implementing-eola-at-stanford/.
The California Department of Public Health produced a report on use of the EOLA in 2016: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/CDPH%20Document%20Library/CDPH%20End%20of%20Life%20Option%20Act%20Report.pdf