000042763 001__ 42763 000042763 005__ 20240705113005.0 000042763 0247_ $$a10.6083/bpxhc42763$$2doi 000042763 02470 $$aHistory of Medicine in Oregon oral history project$$2Collection name 000042763 02470 $$a2004-005$$2Collection number 000042763 037__ $$aDA 000042763 041__ $$aeng 000042763 245__ $$aInterview with Erin Hoover Barnett 000042763 260__ $$bOregon Medical Association$$010949$$aPortland, OR$$c2011 March 2 000042763 269__ $$a2011-03-02 000042763 336__ $$aInterview 000042763 520__ $$aErin 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. 000042763 540__ $$fCC BY-NC 000042763 542__ $$fIn Copyright - Educational Use Permitted 000042763 600__ $$aOregonian (Firm)$$042349 000042763 600__ $$aMatheny, Patrick$$042801 000042763 600__ $$aSaunders, Cicely M., Dame$$042802 000042763 650__ $$aSuicide, Assisted$$029799 000042763 650__ $$aJournalism, Medical$$030552 000042763 650__ $$aHospice Care$$029649 000042763 650__ $$aPhysician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)$$042803 000042763 650__ $$aEthics, Medical$$018687 000042763 651__ $$aOregon$$041094 000042763 7102_ $$aOregon Medical Association$$010949 000042763 720__ $$aBarnett, Erin Hoover$$042800$$eInterviewee$$7Personal 000042763 720__ $$aKronenberg, Jim$$041790$$eInterviewer$$7Personal 000042763 720__ $$aOregon Medical Education Foundation$$043488$$eSponsor$$7Organizational 000042763 791__ $$eIs described by$$tFinding Aid$$whttps://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv99951$$2URL 000042763 8564_ $$9d67589a0-e300-4a3f-b314-b2c5677f5208$$s125012$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42763/files/Barnett-Erin_HMOP_transcript_2011.03.02.pdf 000042763 901__ $$aOral histories are considered historical materials. They are the personal recollections and opinions of the individuals involved and, therefore, may contain offensive language, ideas or negative stereotypes reflecting the culture or language of a person, period or place. Oral histories should not serve as the sole source of information about an institution or particular historical events. These narratives should in no way be interpreted as the official history of Oregon Health & Science University, nor do they necessarily represent the views of the institution. 000042763 980__ $$aHistory of Medicine in Oregon oral history project 000042763 981__ $$aPublished$$b2024-03-27