Film director puts human face on assisted suicide

Film director puts human face on assisted suicide | Reuters: With the blunt title, 'How To Die In Oregon,' the documentary debuts on cable channel HBO on Thursday after winning the top nonfiction film prize earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. It aims to put a human face on the 17-year old 'Death With Dignity Act' in Oregon that made the U.S. state one of the few places in the world where doctors can prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients. In the case of Oregon, the patient must have less than six months to live.