{"id":474334,"date":"2026-02-12T04:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/474334\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T04:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T04:37:08","slug":"time100-health-kevin-diaz-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/474334\/","title":{"rendered":"TIME100 Health: Kevin D\u00edaz | TIME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rich-text mb-6 self-baseline font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\" data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">Kevin D\u00edaz has seen \u201cgood deaths\u201d\u2014the kind that are directed by and aligned with the values of the person dying\u2014and he\u2019s seen bad deaths. The latter haunt him and inspire his work as president and CEO of the nonprofit Compassion &amp; Choices and its Action Network, which focuses on legislative advocacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-text self-baseline font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mb-0 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\" data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\u201cWe\u2019re working to redefine what the gold standard of end-of-life care looks like in the U.S.,\u201d D\u00edaz says. \u201cWe advocate for patient-directed care, where clinicians bring expertise, and loved ones and communities provide the support, but patients are the ones who set the goals.\u201d That includes giving terminally ill people who meet certain criteria the ability to decide when they die, as in the case of medical aid in dying. The movement is at a turning point, thanks in large part to Diaz\u2019s advocacy: As of early 2026, 12 states and Washington, D.C., authorize medical aid in dying, and the nonprofit expects legislation to be introduced in at least 15 states this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kevin D\u00edaz has seen \u201cgood deaths\u201d\u2014the kind that are directed by and aligned with the values of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[77477,64,63,10967,137,500,77478,5275,77479,77480,241396],"class_list":{"0":"post-474334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-accolades","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-franchise","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-healthcare","14":"tag-list","15":"tag-magazine","16":"tag-special-project","17":"tag-sponsorshipblock","18":"tag-time100-health-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}