Please join us for a screening of the award-winning documentary film:
"How to Die in Oregon"
Thursday, March 1st, 2012 6:30 pm.
Union Graduate College
80 Nott Terrace
Schenectady, NY 12308
Synopsis:
In 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize physician aid-in-dying. As a result, any individual whom two physicians diagnose as having less than six months to live can lawfully request a fatal dose of barbiturate to end his or her life. Since 1994, nearly 600 Oregonians have taken their mortality into their own hands. In How to Die in Oregon, Sundance first place documentary(2011),filmmaker Peter Richardson gently enters the lives of the terminally ill patients as they consider whether – and when – to end their lives according to Oregon’s Death with Dignity law. Richardson examines both sides of this complex, emotionally charged issue. What emerges is a life-affirming, staggeringly powerful portrait of what it means to die with dignity. (Excerpt from the movie website)
Question & Answer Discussion Follows at 8:15 PM with The Bioethics Program of Union Graduate College and Mount Sinai School of Medicine alumna:
Sue Dessayer Porter, MSB ‘10
A film participant, Advocate and Compassion & Choices Board Member, Sue has stewarded terminally ill patients through the legal and medical process for 11 years. She will answer questions regarding the implementation, successes and challenges of aid-in-dying.
The discussion will be facilitated by Benita Zahn, MSB, Health Reporter, News Channel 13
(seating is limited) RSVP to Tammy Curtis; curtist@uniongraduatecollege.edu, 518-631-9861
