How to Die in Oregon--great documentary on physician assisted death.
Came out in 2011 and caught it on HBO this weekend.
Sometimes hard to watch--especially if someone close to you died from a terminal illness. My husband (age 46) is 6 years in remission from Stage 3 head and neck cancer---he was given a 50/50 chance survival rate.
I support it 100%, and cried several times during it---one man was denied treatment by insurance (I think it was state) because his prognosis wasn't good, but they would cover the cost of the drugs for him to kill himself.
It's legal in only 3 states--Oregon, Washington and Montana.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1715802/
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I'm in Canada and don't know much about the laws regarding this in the U.S., but believe the option and means to end one's life in a humane manner should be available everywhere. My Dad died by violent suicide a little over two years ago. I know he would have chosen any other way if it were available, not even really for himself ... but for us. Nobody should have to make the agonizing decision to end it that way, we do better for our terminally ill animals. (If you have time, you might find these interesting ... Gloria Taylor, a woman with ALS, who fought here to win the right to physician assisted death. http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2012-2013/2012/10/the-life-and-death-of-gloria-taylor.html And Sue Rodriguez' fight in 1993. http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/givedeathahand/timeline.html It also gives mention to Oregon's Dying With Dignity Act)
My very best wishes for continued good health for your husband! 
Will definitely check them out. ALS is horrible---one man in the film had it and chose to die with dignity. I was crying because he and his wife were being interviewed and she was crying and she respected his decision but it's so hard on her because they were together for so long and she couldn't imagine life without him.
Before it was made legal, one woman's husband had brain cancer, underwent several surgeries and was in (I believe) his early fifties and the illness took such a toll people thought he was eighty. He made her promise that no one should suffer like him, so she got very involved and was the last signature on the petition--she wanted to be. Eventually it passed.
My sister is living in Kamloops at the moment, and my nephew arrived there last night to visit and ski.
I'm very sorry about your Dad. 
