Compassion & Choices of Washington advocates for excellent end-of-life care, patient-centered care, and expanded choice at the end of life.

We are the Washington State affiliate of Compassion & Choices National, and we provide our services statewide. We are a small, but very effective, grassroots nonprofit organization making a real difference assisting people dealing with terminal illness, pain, and suffering.

We provide free counseling and client support services to qualified patients who desire a peaceful, humane death, as well as those who want the option of using the Washington Death With Dignity Act.

We created and played a key role in the coalition that passed Initiative 1000 into law in November, 2008, with nearly 60 percent of the popular vote. We now steward, protect, and uphold Washington's Death With Dignity Act.

We encourage advance planning and set a new standard in Washington for advance planning documents with our Compassion & Choices of Washington Advance Directive, which we distribute without a charge.

We promote the use of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and the Washington State Living Will Registry.

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