How to Die in Oregon (2011)

Directed by

Peter Richardson

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows terminally ill patients in Oregon who consider using the state's law that allows them to end their life with a prescribed lethal dose. It focuses on one woman with cancer as she decides whether to take that medication.

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What happens

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 barbiturates prescribed by their physician to end their own life, referred to as assisted suicide by opponents and medical aid in dying by proponents. Richardson spent nearly a year with 54-year-old Cody Curtis, an OHSU faculty member with liver cancer, as she grappled with the decision of whether or not to take a lethal dose of a barbiturate. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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