Richard MacDonald, M.D. and Jim Chastain, Ph.D. will tour seven cities in Florida to present the latest information on the right of people to choose their time and place for a dignified death, advance directives, family relations, hospice, and the possible services of Final Exit Network.
Dr. MacDonald has provided an experienced, compassionate presence for many who made that choice, attending at close to two hundred chosen hastened deaths over the last decade. He has practiced as a family physician in the United States and Canada, and has served as medical director of the Hemlock Society and End of Life Choice as well as serving as President of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies
Dr. Chastain is President of Final Exit Network of Florida, Senior Exit Guide, former Director of Development for the Hemlock Society, USA and a University finance professor and administrator for 40 years.
The 2011 schedule dates and times are as follows:
Venice - Saturday, October 29, 10:30 A.M. Venice Library 300 S. Nokomis Ave.
St. Augustine - Sunday, October 30, 10:30 A.M. UU Fellowship 2487 A1A South
St. Augustine - Sunday, October 30, 1 P.M. UU Fellowship 2487 A1A South
Jacksonville - Monday, October 31, 10:30 A.M. UU Church 7405 Arlington Expressway
West Palm Beach - Tuesday, November 1, 2:00 P.M. UU Congregation
635 Prosperity Farms Road, North Palm Beach
Orlando - Wednesday, November 2, 2 P.M. UUU Society 11648 McCulloch Road
Gainesville - Thursday, November 3, 2 P.M. UU Fellowship 4225 Northwest 34th Street
Sarasota - Saturday, November 5, 2:00 P.M. Selby Library 1331 First St.
Port Charlotte - Sunday, November 6 10:30 A.M. UU Fellowship 1532 Forrest Nelson Blvd.
Port Charlotte - Sunday, November 6, 1:00 P.M. UU Fellowship 1532 Forrest Nelson Blvd.
For further info contact Jim Chastain,
4330 Trails Drive, Sarasota, FL 34232
941-953-9539 chastainj@comcast.net