Thu 3/31/22

Colorado’s End-of-Life Options Act was passed by voters in 2016 so we now have five years of data. The numbers show that prescriptions are rising each year. But we don’t really know if patients actually took the medication to end their life. And a new report shows that while a large majority of doctors are willing to talk about the option with patients, fewer than half were willing to participate as the consulting physician. Reporter Jennifer Brown, who has followed the topic since before it became law, talks to reporter Tamara Chuang about what’s happened since.

<p>Colorado&rsquo;s End-of-Life Options Act was passed by voters in 2016 so we now have five years of data. The numbers show that prescriptions are rising each year. But we don&rsquo;t really know if patients actually took the medication to end their life. And a new report shows that while a large majority of doctors are willing to talk about the option with patients, fewer than half were willing to participate as the consulting physician. Reporter Jennifer Brown, who has followed the topic since before it became law, talks to reporter Tamara Chuang about what&rsquo;s happened since.</p>

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