TY  - GEN
N2  - Miles J. Edwards was a physician and professor. He completed his medical degree at the University of Oregon Medical School (UOMS, now Oregon Health & Science University) in 1956 and his residency at the same university in 1958. After finishing his education, Edwards briefly served in the military before returning to UOMS to join the faculty in 1964, teaching pulmonary medicine. He remained there until his retirement in 1991.

This interview largely centers on Edwards’s struggles with pancreatic cancer. Edwards discusses the experience of being a cancer patient after years of working as a doctor and how his diagnosis changed his views on medical care. He also speaks about fatigue from chemotherapy, grappling with mortality, and his opinions on medically assisted suicide. Miles J. Edwards died from cancer on March 23, 2006, less than five months after participating in this interview.
DO  - 10.6083/bpxhc42684
DO  - doi
AB  - Miles J. Edwards was a physician and professor. He completed his medical degree at the University of Oregon Medical School (UOMS, now Oregon Health & Science University) in 1956 and his residency at the same university in 1958. After finishing his education, Edwards briefly served in the military before returning to UOMS to join the faculty in 1964, teaching pulmonary medicine. He remained there until his retirement in 1991.

This interview largely centers on Edwards’s struggles with pancreatic cancer. Edwards discusses the experience of being a cancer patient after years of working as a doctor and how his diagnosis changed his views on medical care. He also speaks about fatigue from chemotherapy, grappling with mortality, and his opinions on medically assisted suicide. Miles J. Edwards died from cancer on March 23, 2006, less than five months after participating in this interview.
T1  - Interview with Miles J. Edwards, M.D.
ED  - Edwards, Miles J.
ED  - Fromme, Erik K.
ED  - Interviewee
ED  - Interviewer
DA  - 2005-11-03
DA  - 2005 November 3
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42684/files/Edwards-Miles-J_interview_2005.11.03_transcript.pdf
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42684/files/Edwards-Miles-J_interview_2005.11.03.mp4
PB  - Oregon Health & Science University
LA  - eng
PY  - 2005-11-03
PY  - 2005 November 3
ID  - 42684
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42684/files/Edwards-Miles-J_interview_2005.11.03_transcript.pdf
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42684/files/Edwards-Miles-J_interview_2005.11.03.mp4
KW  - Pulmonary Medicine
KW  - Pancreatic Neoplasms
KW  - Antineoplastic Agents
KW  - Physician-Patient Relations
KW  - Ethics, Medical
KW  - Suicide, Assisted
TI  - Interview with Miles J. Edwards, M.D.
Y1  - 2005-11-03
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42684/files/Edwards-Miles-J_interview_2005.11.03_transcript.pdf
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42684/files/Edwards-Miles-J_interview_2005.11.03.mp4
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42684/files/Edwards-Miles-J_interview_2005.11.03_transcript.pdf
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42684/files/Edwards-Miles-J_interview_2005.11.03.mp4
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42684/files/Edwards-Miles-J_interview_2005.11.03_transcript.pdf
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42684/files/Edwards-Miles-J_interview_2005.11.03.mp4
ER  -