Compassion and Choices

Vision

A society that affirms life and accepts the inevitability of death, embraces expanded options for compassionate dying and empowers everyone to choose end-of-life care that reflects their values, priorities and beliefs.

Mission

Compassion & Choices improves care, expands options and empowers everyone to chart their end-of-life journey.

Values

• Compassionate in our commitment to dying patients having access to needed care at the end of life and being free of unwanted treatment, suffering, or interference.
• Respectful of the autonomy of individuals to decide what end-of-life options are best for them and their loved ones.
• Courageous in our willingness to confront the toughest end-of-life health challenges, disrupt the broken status quo and protect an individual’s right to self-determination.
• Credible in all our education, advocacy and partnerships — our efforts are grounded in objective research and demonstrable facts.
• Resilient in our capacity to respond to opportunities for and threats to the movement, so that we can achieve our vision as quickly as possible.