Film and Video
Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking (VSED): An Overview
Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking is discussed as a peaceful, legal option to hasten death. The video includes an overview of EOLCNY's Dementia Directive
Runtime: 55:26
For more information on EOLCNY's counseling program, please visit: https://endoflifechoicesny.org/counseling/
The Case for Medical Aid in Dying in New York
Perspectives of a doctor, lawyer, legislator, person living with cancer, and person with disabilities.
Runtime: 1:23:02
For more information on medical aid in dying in New York, please visit: https://endoflifechoicesny.org/advocacy/proposed-legislation/aid-in-dying/
Health Care Proxy Helpline
Make a virtual appointment with an Advance Directive Advocate
Runtime: 00:43
This ad highlights: You are essential. This is essential. For more information, or to make a virtual appointment with an Advance Directive Advocate, please visit: endoflifechoicesny.org/helpline/
You are Essential. This is Essential
Health Care Proxy Helpline for Essential Workers
Runtime: 00:46
This ad highlights: You are essential. This is essential. For more information, or to make a virtual appointment with an Advance Directive Advocate, please visit: endoflifechoicesny.org/helpline/
Who speaks for me if I can't?
Health Care Proxy Helpline for Essential Workers
Runtime: 00:17
This ad highlights: Who speaks for me if I can't? For more information, or to make a virtual appointment with an Advance Directive Advocate, please visit: endoflifechoicesny.org/helpline/
Planning for a Better End of Life
A Guide to Navigating Today's Healthcare System
Runtime: 25:58
This presentation discusses: health care proxies, living wills, and other advance directives (with a focus on NY); palliative care and how/when it can benefit you; how hospice care can improve quality of life; and telling your doctors about your end of life care wishes.
Rosemary Bowen’s Fast
Uploaded to YouTube by End of Life Choices New York
Runtime: 16:17
At age 94, Rosemary Bowen hastened her death by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED) in 2018. The Annual Barbara Swartz End of Life Choices Lecture
"Medical Aid in Dying - An Important Choice at the End of Life to Achieve a Peaceful Death"
Runtime: 1:07:08
"Medical Aid in Dying - An Important Choice at the End of Life to Achieve a Peaceful Death"
New York Bar Association
"Palliative Care, Hospice and Relevant Laws"
10/18/2019
New York Bar Association "Palliative Care, Hospice and Relevent Laws" video
NBC: Left Field Video
"Trapped in a Dying Body and Barred From Choosing When"
nbcnews.com/leftfield/video Available on YouTube
Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: Exploring an End of Life Option for Suffering Patients Judith Schwarz, PhD and Tim Kirk, PhD
Available on iTunes
Available on Vimeo
The Life of Death by Marsha Onderstijn