For Medical Professionals
Resources
End of Life Choices Oregon
Ways we can help:
Provide volunteers for guidance and support about end-of-life options, specifically the Death with Dignity Act.
Assistance through the Death with Dignity Act qualifying process.
Attend planned deaths.
Provide guidance and support to new Attending and Consulting Physicians.
Provide presentations, brochures and educational materials to the medical community.
Death With Dignity Act State Mandated Required Forms:
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Attending Physician Compliance Form
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Request to End My Life in a Humane and Dignified Manner - English
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Request to End My Life in a Humane and Dignified Manner - Spanish
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Consulting Physicians Compliance Form
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Psychiatric/Psychological Consultant’s Compliance Form
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Attending Physician Follow-up Form
For Pro Bono Doctors Only
Registration for Liability Limitation
Limitations on liability of health practitioners providing health care services without compensation
Oregon Revised Statutes 676.340 and 676.345 limit the liability of Oregon licensed physicians, physician assistants, acupuncturists, and certain other health care practitioners from injury, death, or other loss that may arise from services they provide without compensation.
Instructions for Download
Attending Physician Instructions
Revised 06/2017
Consultant Physician Instructions
Revised 06/2017
Oregon Health Authority - Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act
Oregon's Death with Dignity Act, enacted on October 27, 1997, allows terminally ill individuals to end their lives through the voluntary self-administration of lethal medications prescribed by a physician. The Oregon Health Authority is responsible for collecting data on participating patients and physicians and publishing an annual statistical report on the Act.
Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine
The Academy of Aid-in-Dying Medicine provides clinicians with education and resources about medical aid in dying, through clinical discussions and evidence-based knowledge, including palliative care, bedside volunteer support, medical ethics, pharmacology, doctors, and doulas.