WELCOME TO COMPASSION & CHOICES OF OREGON WEBSITE

YOUR WISH is OUR MISSION
Our mission is to provide emotional, social and spiritual support to terminally ill Oregonians and their families and caregivers so they may experience a meaningful and peaceful end of life. We also make certain Oregonians have someone to turn to when they wish to consider using Oregon's aid-in-dying law.

Since 1997 Compassion & Choices of Oregon has worked closely with all health care providers. We believe our clients deserve comprehensive and accurate information on all end-of-life options. We provide physicians with the information and assistance they need to assure their patients they are fully complying with the law.

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 2008 report on the demographics and characteristics of those who took a lethal dose of medication last year.
"Last year more 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 2008 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' 2008 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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Directors

Patrick G. Boylston, JD
Portland, OR

Peter Goodwin, MD
Portland, OR

Teresa Grove
RN, EdD - Immediate Past Chair
Camas, WA

Kirsten Harrington Leonard
Portland

Julie McMurchie
JD - Vice Chair of the Board
Portland, OR

Jeffrey I. Menashe, MD
Portland, OR

Derianna Mooney
BSN, RN - Chair of the Board
Portland, OR

Bobbie Regan, BA
Portland, OR

Brian Ruess
JD, Signature Secretary/Treasurer
Portland, OR

Advisors

JoAnn Bowman
Former State Representative

Nancy Bragdon

Mary Gay Broderick

Ron Cease
Former State Senator

Gwyneth Gamble-Booth

Lynne Gazzola

Nicholas Gideonse, MD

Chris Helmer

Renée Holzman
President Holzman Foundation

John Howieson, MD

Harriett Dixon Kazzimir

Marianne Leipzig

Dolorosa Margulis

Laurie B. Marx

Sally McCracken

Carolyn McMurchie

Sandra Meredith

Laura Middleton

Christina Nicholaidis, MD

Peter Rasmussen, MD

Barbara Roberts
Former Governor

Rabbi Emanuel Rose

Rabbi Kim I. Rosen

Rev. Robert Schaibly

Donna Schuurman

Rabbi Joshua Stampfer

Rabbi Ariel C. Stone

Kate Swindell

Charles Swindells

Robert Trotman

Miranda Wellman

George Whatley, MD

Stacie White

Dara Wilk