Compassion & Choices
U.S. nonprofit organization
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History
Compassion & Choices is the successor to the Hemlock Society, and the Compassion in Dying Federation; the organizations merged in 2007. The organization has a staff of 80 people located across the country.
The 2011 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize winner, How to Die in Oregon, documented the work of Compassion & Choices of Oregon.
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