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How to Die in Oregon is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Peter Richardson released in USA on 1 january 2011

How to Die in Oregon (2011)

How to Die in Oregon
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Released in USA 1 january 2011
Length 1h47
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating81% 4.090194.090194.090194.090194.09019

How to Die in Oregon is a 2011 American documentary film produced and directed by Peter Richardson. It is set in the U.S. state of Oregon and covers the state's Death with Dignity Act that allows terminally ill patients to self-administer medication prescribed by their physician to end their own life (a form of Aid in Dying).

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Through a 1994 ballot measure (Measure 16) named the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, Oregon became the first U.S. state and one of the first jurisdictions in the world to allow physician-assisted suicide. How to Die in Oregon covers the background of the Oregon law and the life of a few patients who have chosen to take their life under it. It also features some information about the neighboring state of Washington's attempt to legalize physician-assisted suicide in 2008 through a law (Washington Death with Dignity Act) modeled after Oregon's.

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