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How to Die in Oregon

How to Die in Oregon

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 23, 2011

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

80%

Original Title

How to Die in Oregon

Production Companies

HBO Documentary Films

Director

Peter Richardson

Description

In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had legalized the practice. 'How to Die in Oregon' tell the stories of those most intimately involved with the practice today -- terminally ill Oregonians, their families, doctors, and friends -- as well as the passage of an assisted suicide law in Washington State.