Medical Aid in Dying (MAID)
About MAID
Learn more about the Elizabeth Whitefield End of Life Options Act. We can help you get through the process.
Medical Aid in Dying
Resources
RESOURCES:
By: Lonny Shavelson, MD, American Academy of Medical Aid in Dying (aadm.org). Medical Aid in Dying: A Guide for Patients and Their Supporters, originated from the questions, interests, and needs of dying patients, their families, their loved ones, and the many others who support them. Its goal is to demystify and facilitate the process of medical aid in dying. Read online here: at jaidm.com. Updated August, 2026.
Compassion and Choices
improves care, expands options, and empowers everyone to chart their end-of-life journey. C&C works across the nation in communities, state legislatures, Congress, courts and medical settings to: educate the public about the importance of documenting end-of-life values and priorities and about the full range of available options; empower every individual with achievable options, authoritative information and constructive advice for guiding their care and engaging with their providers; advocate for expanded choices, secure and ready access to them and improved medical practice that puts patients first and values quality of life in treatment plans for terminal illness; defend existing end-of-life options from efforts to restrict access. See the Compassion & Choices NM webpage for more about the NM law.
Death With Dignity National Center
aadm.org (formerly American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying) was established as an outgrowth of the successful National Clinicians Conference on Medical Aid in Dying at UC Berkeley, February 14/15, 2020. This non-profit informs and educates clinicians about medical aid in dying, from clinical discussions to evidence-based knowledge, from nursing care to the work of volunteers at the bedside, from medical ethics to pharmacology, and more.