How to Die in Oregon

Would You Want The Right To Choose When It's Your Time?

Directed by Peter Richardson

Produced by HBO Documentary Films

A deeply intimate documentary that grapples with mortality, autonomy, and dignity through the lived experiences of terminally ill Oregonians and their loved ones.

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.