Washington's Death with Dignity Act

If you meet the legal requirements and choose Death With Dignity (DWD), we honor that decision and provide support and guidance to you and your family through the process. However, we neither provide nor administer the means for aid in dying. There are never any fees for any service C&C provides.

Our volunteers can help patients:

• Consider all end-of-life options.
• Prepare advance directives.
• Understand hospice and locate a provider.
• Talk to your family and healthcare providers about dying.
• Locate physicians and pharmacists who support a patient's choice to use the law.

Before asking C&C for help finding a supportive physician, you should ask the physician(s) you are currently working with if they will support your choice to use the law. It is very important that this conversation occur in person. The following documents may help you to prepare for, or assist with, the conversation:

• Overview of the Death With Dignity Act Requirements
• Talking to Your Doctor About DWD
• Talking to Your Doctor Abouty Dying (in general)
• Letter to My Physician

Other useful documents

• Alternatives to Death With Dignity
• Talking to Your Family About Dying
• Importance of Hospice
• Need to find a hospice provider? Go to the Washington State Hospice and Palliative Care Association website and click on your county.