“He wanted his story to be told’: Doctor shares patients’ experiences with aid-in-dying
Gary Williams had it planned.
When he chose to die, he wanted people to dress in bright clothing. He wanted to sit up on a specific couch. He had his own ritual and “little things” he wanted done.
“He wanted a party,” said Charlotte Charfen, the North Hawaii physician who prescribed the medication that would eventually end his life.
Charfen is one of two Big Island providers who wrote prescriptions for patients under the state’s Our Care, Our Choice Act in 2020.
The aid-in-dying law allows terminally ill patients to seek medication that will end their lives.
“He wanted his story to be told’: Doctor shares patients’ experiences with aid-in-dying
