Healthcare News
End-of-life and patient care advocate Peter Goodwin
Diagnosed six years earlier with corticobasal ganglionic degeneration, a rare and progressive neurodegenerative disease, Dr. Goodwin ended his life in accordance with Oregon's Measure 16 "Death with Dignity Act," the landmark legislation that he helped craft and champion into law in 1997.
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OHSU students provide free health care screenings to 275 people
When student and faculty volunteers arrived at the O'Bryant Square parking garage at 7:30 a.m. to set up tables for this year's Health Care Equality Week (formerly known as Covered the Uninsured Week), they found a long line of people already waiting in the rain to get care. Full story »
