Oregon – Compassion & Choices

Bill Knight

lukej October 22, 2024 No Comments

Bill shared his story in September of 2024. For my late wife, I want to do anything I can to make medical aid in dying an authorized option here in…

Updated Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying State Packets

lukej August 7, 2024 No Comments

Our Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying state packets help explain the medical aid in dying process in jurisdictions where it is authorized*. Compassion & Choices updated the packets to…

An Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying – Oregon

lukej July 31, 2024 No Comments

Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act Medical aid in dying is the practice in which a terminally ill, mentally competent adult patient voluntarily requests and receives a prescription medication from a…

Rabbi Sarah Rensin

lukej July 8, 2024 No Comments

Rabbi Sarah Rensin shared her story in November of 2023. Shortly after finishing rabbinical school, I had people in the Jewish community calling, asking me to visit with spiritually distressed…

Rod Azama

lukej April 24, 2024 No Comments

Col. Azama shared his story in March of 2024. In March 2023, I flew with my wife, Susan, from Maryland to Oregon so that she could end her suffering from…

Marcy Lehman

lukej April 17, 2024 No Comments

Marcy Lehman shared her story in March of 2024. After my father passed away, I've been careful about sharing my experience because I don't want to face judgment or have…

About Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act

Katie Wingo April 1, 2024 No Comments

About Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act The Death with Dignity Act authorizes medical aid in dying. Medical aid in dying is a safe and trusted medical practice in which a terminally ill,…

Oregon Death with Dignity Act History

Katie Wingo March 11, 2024 No Comments

Oregon Death with Dignity Act History 2023On July 13, Gov.Tina Kotek signed HB 2279, repealing the residency restriction in the Oregon Death with Dignity Act.On January 9, 2023, HB 2279,…

For Oregon Medical Providers For PhysiciansThe Compassion & Choices Doc2Doc line offers free, confidential telephone consultation with one of our seasoned medical directors, each with years of experience in end-of-life medical care…

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