Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
How to Die in Oregon
open-in-new
<p><i>How to Die in Oregon</i> is a 2011 American <a href="/facts/Documentary_film/T0FBJpMR">documentary film</a> produced and directed by <a href="/facts/Peter_Richardson_(filmmaker)/rNncjW5o">Peter Richardson</a>. It is set in the <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/facts/Oregon/4Uq446Ko">Oregon</a> and covers the state's <a href="/facts/Oregon_Death_with_Dignity_Act/LETE4dd3">Death with Dignity Act</a> that allows terminally ill patients to self-administer barbiturates prescribed by their physician to end their own life, referred to as <a href="/facts/Assisted_suicide/5g1L0wQy">assisted suicide</a> by opponents and <a href="/facts/Medical_aid_in_dying/5g1L0wQy">medical aid in dying</a> by proponents. </p>