At the end of life, Oregon and Washington residents want less medical intervention

At the end of life, Oregon and Washington residents want less medical intervention | OregonLive.com: A new poll helps explain Oregon’s less medically intense approach to caring for people who are dying. Residents of the Pacific Northwest are more likely to believe that enhancing quality of life for seriously ill patients is more important than extending life for as long as possible. Pacific northwesterners are more likely to say the health care system spends too much money trying to extend the lives of seriously ill patients. They’re less worried that comfort care interferes with curative treatment.