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SAVE THE DATE - OCTOBER 26, 2010 ANNUAL LUNCHEON



2008 Annual Report(PDF Format)

2009 Annual Report(PDF Format)



Our services are provided free of charge to our clients, their families, caregivers, physicians and friends. It is your donations and volunteering that allow us to provide our services. We receive no funding from our national organization and all donations to Compassion & Choices of Oregon are used in Oregon.


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Check out Compassion's ADDITIONAL Recent News.

Recent News

The Oregon Department of Human Services Published its 2009 report on the demographics and characteristics of those who took a lethal dose of medication last year.
"Last year 59 people used the law, but most of the other findings are consistent with those of previous years," said George Eighmey, Executive Director of Compassion & Choices of Oregon. The number of deaths in 2009 was approximately 0.2 percent of the total Oregon deaths for the year. Once again, the majority of participants were older, highly educated and had cancer. As before, the primary reasons patients cited for choosing aid-in-dying were concerns about losing autonomy, a decreasing ability to participate in activities that make life enjoyable, and losing control of bodily functions" said Eighmey.
The Oregon Department of Human Services' 2009 annual report and information about Oregon's aid-in-dying law may be found at the state's website.


CLICK HERE>Oregon Department of Human Services

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VISIT OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION'S WEBPAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT TO ENACT OREGON TYPE AID-IN-DYING LAWS IN OTHER STATES

CLICK HERE>Compassion and Choices

Compassion & Choices is our parent organization. As a national organization with over 60 chapters and 30,000 members, our parent organization helps patients and their loved ones face the end of life in areas not served by affilites with facts and choices of action during a difficult time. The national group also aggressively pursues legal reform to promote pain care, put teeth in advance directives and legalize physician aid in dying in other states.

Volunteer Opportunities

Are you interested in volunteering for Compassion & Choices of Oregon as a client support person? Would you like to be a goodwill ambassador or hold an event? Would you be willing to speak at events or perform office work? Then please complete the on-line volunteer application or print it out and mail it to Compassion & Choices of Oregon.

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