Resources
For Students
We welcome and encourage students to our We site and will gladly provide as much additional help as possible. Through the years, DDNC has become a valuable resource for thousands of student researchers.
If you are working on a project related to the death with dignity movement or physician-assisted dying, here are some tips for getting the most from the DDNC resources:
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When contacting us with a question or an interview request, please make your request as clear and specific as possible. We will gladly respond to all serious and specific e-mail questions quickly and informatively.
About Death and Dying
American Medical Student Association
Citation Machine
Citing Sources
Frequently-Asked Questions
Glossary of Terms
Initiative and Referendum Institute
Next Generation Medical Student Education Program
 For Physicians
State Web Site on Physician-Assisted Suicide
State Compliance and Surveillance Forms
A Guidebook for Health Care Professionals
State of Oregon Annual Reports: The Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS) monitors and enforces compliance with the Oregon Death with Dignity Law and produces an annual report each spring.According to the DHS, 38 terminally-ill patients used the Oregon law to hasten their own deaths in 2005 (a total of 246 between 1998 and the end of 2005).
2005 Report
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Table 1 (pdf): Demographic characteristics of 246 DWDA patients who died after ingesting a lethal dose of medication, by year, Oregon, 1998-2005.
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Table 2 (pdf): Demographic characteristics of 246 patients who died during 1998-2005 after ingesting a lethal dose of medication, compared with 74,967 Oregonians dying from the same underlying diseases.
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Table 3 (pdf): Underlying illnesses of 246 patients who died during 1998-2005 after ingesting a lethal dose of medication compared with 74,967 Oregonians dying from the same underlying diseases.
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Table 4 (pdf): Death with Dignity end of life care for 246 Oregonians who died after ingesting a lethal dose of medication, by year, 1998-2005.
2004 Report
2003 Report
2002 Report
2001 Report
2000 Report
1999 Report
1998 Report
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Association for Death Education and Counseling
Connecticut Hospice
Duke University Institute on Care at the End of Life
Hastings Center Bioethics
Medical College of Wisconsin Center for the Study of Bioethics
National Institutes of Health
Oregon Health & Science University Center for Ethics in Health Care
Oregon Hospice Association
For Legal Professionals and Lawmakers
American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
Gonzales v. Oregon
Initiative and Referendum Institute
Legal and Political Timeline of the Oregon Law
Oregon Ballot Measures 16 and 51
Oregon State Statute
The United States Courts System
Willamette University College of Law (Professor V.J. Vollmar)
 For EveryoneAdvance Directive Forms
Provided through the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
Caring Connections
A program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) that provides free resources, information and motivation for actively learning about end-of-life care and options.
Compassion & Choices
A member-based nonprofit organization providing local resources to persons interested in physician-assisted dying.
Dying with Dignity Canada
A "pioneering Canadian organization, that is showing courage and compassion in an area of deep concern to us all – the making of wise and deliberate choices at the end of life."
Death with Dignity Hawai'i
A coalition of Hawai'i state and local organizations advocating for patients' ability to control their own end-of-life care.
Death with Dignity National Center (DDNC)
The Death with Dignity National Center is the leader in the death with dignity movement, based on its development, implementation and defense of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act.
Death with Dignity Vermont
A non-profit, independent political action organization based in Vermont working to effect legislation in similar to the Oregon Death with Dignity Act.
Frequently-Asked Questions
Growth House, Inc.: An online guide to death and dying issues.
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
The largest nonprofit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States.
NPR's 'Justice Talking (9/28/2005): Program on physician-assisted suicide. Guests: Art Caplan is the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and the Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania; Kathryn Tucker is Director of Legal Affairs for Compassion and Choices, an organization dedicated to improving end of life care and protecting the rights of the terminally ill; Wesley Smith is an attorney for the International Task Force on Euthanasia and is the author of “Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America.”
On Our Own Terms: Bill Moyers On Dying: A PBS series on end-of-life choices and care.
Oregon's Assisted Suicide Case (10/5/2005): Lee Hochberg and Margaret Warner reporting, Public Broadcasting Service, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund (ODWD)
Formed in 1993 as Oregon Right to Die, the Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund is the DDNC's political action arm and is responsible for political and advocacy activities.
Public Agenda Online: "For over a quarter of a century, Public Agenda has been providing unbiased and unparalleled research that bridges the gap between American leaders and what the public really thinks about issues ranging from education to foreign policy to immigration to religion and civility in American life."
"Robert's Story: Dying With Dignity": This is the first and only documentary that follows a patient, Robert Schwartz, from the time he was dispensed life-ending medication under Oregon's Death With Dignity Law, to his death. The documentary was co-directed by Tom D'Antoni and Greg Bond.
The Final Months of Life: A Guide to Oregon Resources, developed by The Task Force to Improve the Care of Terminally Ill Oregonians.
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