Death with Dignity National Center

Death with Dignity National Center is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan nonprofit organization, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, that has led the legal defense of and education about Death with Dignity laws throughout the United States for more than 25 years. The Death with Dignity National Center helped write and defend in courts the nation's first successful assisted dying law, the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, protecting the right of persons with terminal illness to control their own death. The Death with Dignity National Center is affiliated with the Death with Dignity Political Fund, a distinct and separately incorporated 501(c)(4) organization responsible for the promotion of death with dignity legislation in other states around the U.S.

Death with Dignity National Center

Formation	December 30, 1994 (1994-12-30)
Type	Education, defense, and advocacy
Tax ID no.	93-1162366
Legal status	501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Purpose	To promote death with dignity laws based on model legislation, the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, both to provide an option for dying individuals and to stimulate nationwide improvements in end-of-life care.
Headquarters	Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45.519913°N 122.677953°W / 45.519913; -122.677953
President, Board of Directors	George Eighmey, JD
Executive Director	Peg Sandeen, PhD, MSW
Revenue (2017)	$799,581
Expenses (2017)	$674,979
Endowment	$62,577 ₍₂₀₁₇₎
Employees (2016)	6
Volunteers (2016)	10
Website	deathwithdignity.org
Formerly called	The Oregon Death with Dignity Legal Defense and Education Center

Suicide
Social aspects ACEs Altruistic Bullying Copycat Dysfunctional family Epidemic Identity performance Legislation Philosophy Religious views Right to die School bullying Shame Social isolation Social media and suicide Social rejection Social support Toxic workplace Voluntary euthanasia Workplace bullying
Crisis Assessment of risk Crisis hotline (list) Intervention Prevention Suicide attempt Suicide watch
Types Assisted Bullying and suicide (list) Copycat Familicide Forced Honor Jauhar Mass Murder–suicide Prisoner suicide Rail Pact Internet Prayopavesa Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Vatakkiruttal
Epidemiology Gender differences LGBT-related suicides Methods Rate by country Seasonal effects Suicidal person Youth suicide among LGBT youth
History List of suicides Suicide in antiquity List of suicides in the 21st century
In warfare Banzai charge Kamikaze Suicide mission
Related phenomena Anguish Alcoholism Anhedonia Anxiety disorder Autism spectrum Coping Coping planning Depression (mood) Diseases of despair Echo chamber Grief Ideation Locations Major depressive disorder Mental disorder Neurodevelopmental disorder Non-suicidal self-injury Perfectionism Self-harm Self-hatred Substance abuse Suffering Suicidal ambivalence Suicide and the Internet Suicide and trauma Suicide awareness Suicide in colleges in the United States Suicide in music subcultures Suicide note Suicide survivor Suicide terminology Suicide tourism Suicidology Warning signs of suicide
By country Rate by country Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Cameroon Canada China France Greenland India Iran Ireland Japan Lithuania Nepal Pakistan Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom United States
Organizations Compassion & Choices Death with Dignity National Center Dignitas Exit International Final Exit Network Hemlock Society

Euthanasia
Part of a series on
Types
Animal Child Voluntary Non-voluntary Involuntary
Views
Religious Buddhist Catholic Culture of life Euthanasia and the slippery slope Right to die Right to life
Groups
Compassion & Choices Death with Dignity National Center Dignitas Exit International Final Exit Network Hemlock Society Not Dead Yet Care Not Killing
People
Jack Kevorkian Philip Nitschke Barbara Coombs Lee
Books
Final Exit The Peaceful Pill Handbook The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Jurisdictions
Australia Canada India Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Switzerland United Kingdom United States Uruguay
Laws
Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (Australia) Baby Doe Law
Alternatives
Assisted suicide Palliative care Principle of double effect Palliative sedation
Other issues
Suicide tourism Groningen Protocol Euthanasia device

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.