Press Releases
March 8, 2007
March 9, 2006
March 10, 2005
March 9, 2005
March 9, 2004
March 5, 2003
February 6, 2002
February 21, 2001
February 23, 2000
February 17, 1999
August 18, 1998
CD Summary Issues
March 15, 2011 - "Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: Thirteen Years"
April 12, 2000 - "Oregon's Death with Dignity Act: The Second Year"
March 16, 1999 - "A Year of Dignified Death"
November 11, 1997 - "Physician-Assisted Suicide"
Journal Citations
The 10-Year Experience of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act: 1998-2007.
Katrina Hedberg, David Hopkins, Richard Leman, and Melvin Kohn
The Journal of Clinical Ethics 2009; V. 20, N 2: 124-132, Summer 2009
Putting Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act in Perspective: Characteristics of Decedents Who Did Not Participate.
Katrina Hedberg and Susan Tolle
The Journal of Clinical Ethics 2009; V. 20, N 2: 133-135, Summer 2009
Five Years of Legal Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon.
Hedberg K., Hopkins D., Kohn M.
N Engl J Med 2003; 348:961-4, Mar 6, 2003. Correspondence
Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon, 2001.
Hedberg K., Hopkins D., Southwick K.
N Engl J Med 2002; 346:450-452, Feb 7, 2002. Correspondence
Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon, 1998-2000.
Sullivan A. D., Hedberg K., Hopkins D.
N Engl J Med 2001; 344:605-607, Feb 22, 2001. Correspondence
Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon - The Second Year.
Sullivan A. D., Hedberg K., Fleming D. W.
N Engl J Med 2000; 342:598-604, Feb 24, 2000. Special Reports
Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon.
Chin A. E., Hedberg K., Fleming D. W.
N Engl J Med 1999; 341:212-213, Jul 15, 1999. Correspondence
Legalized Physician-Assisted Suicide in Oregon - The First Year's Experience.
Chin A. E., Hedberg K., Higginson G. K., Fleming D. W.
N Engl J Med 1999; 340:577-583, Feb 18, 1999. Special Reports
Additional Resources
The Task Force to Improve the Care of Terminally-Ill Oregonians publications:
