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Essential Information for Patients Considering Medical Aid in Dying

This intake form assists patients in understanding whether they are eligible for medical aid in dying and the steps required. We recognize that contemplating end-of-life decisions can be an emotionally challenging experience for you and those close to you. The Academy is here to offer support as you explore the option of medical aid in dying.

Clinicians’ Information on Medical Aid in Dying

This resource provides a list of educational opportunities for clinicians to continue their learning on medical aid in dying. The list includes:

Patient to End-Of-Life Doula or Bedside Attendant Intake Form

Over the many years that the Academy for Medical Aid in Dying and its clinicians have been providing aid-in-dying care, we have found that having an experienced attendant at the bedside, in the days before and during the aid-in-dying procedure, is crucial. 

Medical Aid in Dying: A Guide For Patients And Their Supporters

Medical Aid in Dying: A Guide for Patients and Their Supporters is a pdf guide from The American Clinicians Academy on Medical Aid in Dying for patients and their supporters. It 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. (This resource is also available for purchase in book form).

The Academy on Medical Aid in Dying also provides:

Care Partner Information Sheets

Care Partner pages are engaging and practical fact sheets on common and important issues related to aging and caring for older adults. Care Partners are anyone involved with, or responsible for the personal care of older adults. This includes family members, friends, home health aides, direct care workers, and community health workers. Available in both English and Spanish.   

Margaret Proffitt - Mar 14, 2025

CARES Toolkit: End-of-Life Cases and Resources

The CARES Toolkit is a collection of interprofessional and discipline specific End-of-Life Cases and Resources on aging, serious illness, death, and dying curriculum topics. This evidence-based, patient-centered education and training program works to ensure that the future healthcare workforce has the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to continue to improve serious illness and end-of-life care for all patients and families.

Margaret Proffitt - Mar 14, 2025

Elder Care Interprofessional Provider Sheets

Elder Care Interprofessional Provider Fact Sheets are engaging, single page, practical, and evidence-based sheets that synthesize key concepts in care for older adults. Our compendium of over 100 topics includes common geriatric syndromes and age-associated diseases and conditions.  Replete with screening, assessment, and treatment tools, these sheets reinforce sound geriatric practice in an easy, free, and approachable format. Our interprofessional editorial board assures the content is relevant for all healthcare providers.

Margaret Proffitt - Mar 13, 2025