Proposed changes to Oregon's 25-year-old Death with Dignity Act could expand access
Death doula helps clients confront the end, their way 'The ability to confront death allows us to live life more fully . . . because no one's time ...
Death doula helps clients confront the end, their way 'The ability to confront death allows us to live life more fully . . . because no one's time is certain.' Oregon Senate Bill 891 proposes several changes to the state's Death with Dignity Act: Allow physician assistants and nurse practitioners to also prescribe the medication. Repeal the residency requirement so people living out-of-state could travel to Oregon to die. Allow providers to deliver the prescription to pharmacists electronically. Reduce the waiting period from 15 days to 48 hours after a patient makes a first oral request for medication.