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The Minnesota End-of-Life Option Act was reintroduced to the MN state legislature in early 2021 and was modeled after the 1994 Oregon Death with Dignity Act. This webinar (1:32:56 minutes) is the first part of a two-part series representing both sides of the issues related to this bill.

Pressented here are perspectives from a patient with a terminal illness, an Oregon based clinician, the lead author of the bill, and a health law & bioethics professor - all in support of this type of legislation.The speakers are: (1) Danna Nelson, who shares her thoughts on medical aid in dying as a patient with a terminal illness; (2) Doctor David R. Grube, who discusses the clinical applications of medical aid in dying, including competencies, standards of practice, medical ethics, and barriers to access; (3) Representative Mike Freiberg, who unpacks the main tenets of the Minnesota bill; and (4) Health Law and Bioethics Professor Thaddeus Mason Pope, who identifies and responds to the most common objectives to legalizing medical aid in dying. The presentations are followed by a robust discussion.

Source: University of Minnesota: Center for Bioethics, (2022).
https://bioethics.umn.edu/