EducationFirst and foremost, Empathic Exit is a loud trumpet call to both the U.S. citizenry and the world, at large, signaling a need for change: a need to replace the old, outdated views of—and laws relating to—death and dying, views and laws which, more often than not, have been powerfully influenced and managed heavy-handedly by single-minded religious leaders and politicians for centuries. As well, Empathic Exit calls out to the nation's people for a revitalized sense of compassion . . . indeed, compassion in action! Those who are terminally ill and suffering in every one of the 50 states of America (not just Oregon, Washington and Montana) deserve to die with dignity, "free of the influence of others."