TY - GEN AB - Erin Hoover Barnett is a communications director and former journalist. She was born in Wisconsin and earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Barnett then moved to Portland, OR in 1990 and began working as a journalist at The Oregonian for 17 years, reporting primarily on medical issues. Barnett left The Oregonian in 2008 and currently serves as the Director of Communications at OHSU. In this interview, Barnett discusses her career covering the medical beat for The Oregonian, giving particular focus to her coverage of end of life care, including the popularization of hospice care and the 1994 passage of the Death with Dignity Act in Oregon. She also speaks about her article on Oregon's assisted suicide patient Patrick Metheny, which stoked some controversy among Death with Dignity advocates. CY - Portland, OR DA - 2011-03-02 DA - 2011 March 2 DO - 10.6083/bpxhc42763 DO - doi ED - Barnett, Erin Hoover ED - Kronenberg, Jim ED - Oregon Medical Education Foundation ED - Interviewee ED - Interviewer ED - Sponsor ID - 42763 KW - Suicide, Assisted KW - Journalism, Medical KW - Hospice Care KW - Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) KW - Ethics, Medical L1 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42763/files/Barnett-Erin_HMOP_transcript_2011.03.02.pdf L2 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42763/files/Barnett-Erin_HMOP_transcript_2011.03.02.pdf L4 - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42763/files/Barnett-Erin_HMOP_transcript_2011.03.02.pdf LA - eng LK - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42763/files/Barnett-Erin_HMOP_transcript_2011.03.02.pdf N2 - Erin Hoover Barnett is a communications director and former journalist. She was born in Wisconsin and earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Barnett then moved to Portland, OR in 1990 and began working as a journalist at The Oregonian for 17 years, reporting primarily on medical issues. Barnett left The Oregonian in 2008 and currently serves as the Director of Communications at OHSU. In this interview, Barnett discusses her career covering the medical beat for The Oregonian, giving particular focus to her coverage of end of life care, including the popularization of hospice care and the 1994 passage of the Death with Dignity Act in Oregon. She also speaks about her article on Oregon's assisted suicide patient Patrick Metheny, which stoked some controversy among Death with Dignity advocates. PB - Oregon Medical Association PP - Portland, OR PY - 2011-03-02 PY - 2011 March 2 T1 - Interview with Erin Hoover Barnett TI - Interview with Erin Hoover Barnett UR - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42763/files/Barnett-Erin_HMOP_transcript_2011.03.02.pdf Y1 - 2011-03-02 ER -