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Currently there are 5 states in the U.S that enacted Death with Dignity Statutes. The first state to enact such a law was Oregon. These statutes were not enacted without controversy. For this week's written assignment, research one of the states that enacted a Death with Dignity statute. In your paper, provide the applicable statute and a summary of how a patient would obtain the necessary means to end their life. For example, how do they qualify, what is the process to obtain the end of life medications, etc? Share your thoughts about the Death with Dignity Statutes. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
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Running head: DEATH WITH DIGNITY STATUTE
Death with Dignity Statute in Oregon
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DEATH WITH DIGNITY STATUTE
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Introduction
Oregon is one of the states that have enacted Death with Dignity Act and in fact it was the
first state to do so in 1997. The statute is quite controversial as it is purposely meant to allow
people who are terminally-ill upon their desire to end their lives. The death is aided with the
physicians’ prescriptions that are set to allow and facilitate self-administration in a voluntary
process of lethal medications. The Death with Dignity Act in Oregon has key specifications, for
instance it requires that the Health Authority collects information about all the physicians and
also the patients who are participating in the Act. An annual statistical report is then published
about the same.
The Statute and requesting a Physician-assisted suicide
Under the statute in Oregon, a resident to be competent must be an adult and has been
diagnosed with a terminal illness specifically by a qualified physician. The illness again must
have been determined that ultimately it will cause the death of the patient within a period of six
months. The resident needs to request in a form of writing, a lethal dose prescription from a
physician for a purpose of terminating his or her life. Under the law, the option and its exercise
are completely voluntary and therefore the patient has to initiate the request. The practice is
much controversial because some of the ph...
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