Oregon data 2021 published

On February 28, the Oregon Health Authority released its Death with Dignity Act Annual Report about 2021.

The Oregon Death with Dignity Act (DWDA) allows terminally ill Oregonians who meet specific qualifications to end their lives through voluntary self-administration of a lethal dose of medications prescribed by a physician for that purpose. The Act requires the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to collect information about the patients and physicians who participate in the Act and to publish an annual statistical report.

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• Oregon’s ‘death with dignity’ stats need to be examined – BioEdge