Oregon Health Decisions. An experiment with informed community consent
R. Crawshaw, M. J. Garland, B. Hines and C. Lobitz
Oregon Health Decisions is a citizen-based project intended to develop
statewide awareness of severe bioethical dilemmas. The project has set in
motion civic means for addressing and resolving problems in Oregon's health
provision system associated with personal autonomy, equity of access,
prevention of illness, and humane cost containment. The process of civic
involvement with consequent results is described together with the
implications for future health policy in Oregon and elsewhere.
