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Hawai‘i DOH: Healthcare Organizations Should Prepare for Aid in Dying Act

The Hawai‘i Department of Health is telling healthcare organizations statewide to prepare for the Jan. 1, 2019, effective date of the Our Care, Our Choice Act.

Senate Committee Passes Aid-in-Dying Act

SB1129 SD1 was passed with amendments that would establish a medical aid-in-dying act under which a terminally ill resident may obtain medication to end the patient’s life.

Survey Reveals Physician-Assisted Death Supporters

In Hawai’i, 77.9% of non-Hispanic whites, 77.5% of Asians, 75.3% of Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders, and 63.6% of Hispanics supported PAD.