Tag Archives: Compassion & Choices

Compassion & Choices President to Speak in San Francisco

Barbara Coombs Lee will speak at the organization's annual public meeting on May 12th.
Posted on May 9, 2012 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Compassion & Choices Northern California is hosting its annual public meeting on Saturday, May 12 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in San Francisco. Barbara Coombs Lee, president of Compassion & Choices, will be the keynote speaker and will discuss “Liberty on the March: News from the Campaign to Expand End-of-Life Choice.” Continue reading →

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Compassion and Choices to Participate in the Healthy Living Festival

End-of-life consulting and advocacy program to exhibit at annual Oakland Zoo event
Posted on July 13, 2011 by Liz Matsushita (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

by Elizabeth Matsushita (Contributor) Compassion & Choices of Northern California, an organization that provides free end-of-life consultations to the terminally ill and their families, will be participating in this year’s 8th Annual Healthy Living Festival at the Oakland Zoo this … Continue reading →

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Physician-Assisted Aid-in-Dying: A New Front in the Culture Wars?

The End-of-Life Debate Heats Up
Posted on June 24, 2011 by Antal Polony (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

A new front in the so-called culture wars may well be forming. All the factors are there:  a vast disparity of opinions reinforced by geographic and cultural segregation, passionately-defended religious mores pitted against the social and economic motives of those … Continue reading →

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