/tags/death-with-dignity death with dignity en-US Copyright Wed, 30 Mar 2022 21:05:41 GMT /npr-news/2022-03-30/physician-assisted-death-in-oregon-is-no-longer-limited-to-just-state-residents Under a settlement reached in a federal lawsuit this week, terminally ill patients seeking physician-assisted death in Oregon are no longer required to be residents of the state. Wed, 30 Mar 2022 21:05:41 GMT /npr-news/2022-03-30/physician-assisted-death-in-oregon-is-no-longer-limited-to-just-state-residents Deepa Shivaram /health-and-medicine/2021-10-29/a-new-lawsuit-says-oregons-death-with-dignity-acts-residency-requirement-is-unconstitutional The lawsuit is believed to be the first in the nation to raise the question of whether such residency requirements are constitutional. Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:16:19 GMT /health-and-medicine/2021-10-29/a-new-lawsuit-says-oregons-death-with-dignity-acts-residency-requirement-is-unconstitutional Amelia Templeton /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-01-31/exchange-exemplar-diane-rehm-remembers Her revered public radio show is no longer on the air, but Diane Rehm keeps going and going. Before she left the NPR scene, she visited many stations to… Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:28:47 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-01-31/exchange-exemplar-diane-rehm-remembers The �Ϸ��Ӵ�ý Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-11-09/understanding-the-choices-for-terminal-patients-in-oregon Contemplating the end of life itself is an enormous task. And there's an additional degree of complexity when someone considers making use of an… Fri, 09 Nov 2018 17:39:04 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-11-09/understanding-the-choices-for-terminal-patients-in-oregon Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-04-14/report-tracks-oregon-death-with-dignity-law For 20 years now, Oregon law has allowed people with terminal illnesses to get prescriptions for drugs to end their own lives. Other states have followed,… Fri, 14 Apr 2017 16:43:03 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-04-14/report-tracks-oregon-death-with-dignity-law Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-04-12/ventsday-death-with-dignity-taxes You've heard the line: only two things in life are sure--death and taxes. So those are the topics on this week's VENTSday.Let's get your thoughts on death… Tue, 12 Apr 2016 17:47:53 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-04-12/ventsday-death-with-dignity-taxes Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-04-01/talk-show-crossover-diane-rehm-on-the-exchange Diane Rehm's weekday talk show precedes the Exchange, but today (April 4), she's part of it. 2016 is a big year for the longtime radio host; she's… Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:38:38 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-04-01/talk-show-crossover-diane-rehm-on-the-exchange Geoffrey Riley /health-and-medicine/2015-09-15/will-california-follow-oregon-with-a-death-with-dignity-law Lawmakers in California have passed a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe a fatal dose of medication to a terminally-ill patient who requests… Tue, 15 Sep 2015 23:35:14 GMT /health-and-medicine/2015-09-15/will-california-follow-oregon-with-a-death-with-dignity-law Ben Adler /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-07-15/oregon-passes-right-to-try-for-terminal-patients The governor still needs to sign, but Oregon appears on its way to a "Right To Try" law.Meaning people with terminal illnesses will gain the right to try… Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:10:30 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-07-15/oregon-passes-right-to-try-for-terminal-patients Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-11-18/the-ongoing-push-for-death-with-dignity The voice and face of Brittany Maynard put Oregon's assisted suicide law front and center once again. Maynard was just the latest in long line of people… Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:10:10 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-11-18/the-ongoing-push-for-death-with-dignity Geoffrey Riley