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Dr. John Kitzhaber


Self Description

June 2005: "Dr. Kitzhaber is the Director of the Center. He is a former emergency physician, legislator and two-term Governor of the State of Oregon. He is the past President of the Oregon State Senate where he authored and implemented the groundbreaking Oregon Health Plan, now in its ninth year. His legislative career, which began in 1979, was marked by active leadership in the areas of public education, community development, environmental stewardship and a wide variety of health care issues including: long-term care, resource allocation and uncompensated care."

http://www.ohsu.edu/policycenter/staff/

Third-Party Descriptions

June 2005: "Dr. John Kitzhaber, a former two-term governor of Oregon who chairs the Foundation for Medical Excellence in Portland, said direct-to-consumer ads have created big problems."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/sick4.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Organization Head/Leader (past or present) Center for Evidence-Based Policy Organization Jun 30, 2005
Member of (past or present) Democratic Party / Democratic National Committee (DNC) Organization Sep 7, 2006
Organization Head/Leader (past or present) Oregon (State Government) Organization Jun 30, 2005

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
Jun 29, 2005 Many new drugs have strong dose of media hype

QUOTE: The FDA has the task of making sure that drug companies do not make misleading claims in their ads, whether in medical journals or in mass-market Parade. But the regulatory agency, with part of its budget dependent on drug-company funding, has little firepower.

 Seattle Times
Jun 26, 2005 The hidden big business behind your doctor's diagnosis

QUOTE: You are suddenly sick, simply because the definitions of disease have changed. And behind those changes, a Seattle Times examination has found, are the companies that make all those newly prescribed pills.

 Seattle Times
Nov 07, 2001 U.S. Acts to Stop Assisted Suicides

QUOTE: Taking square aim at a measure approved twice by voters in Oregon, Attorney General John Ashcroft authorized federal agents yesterday to take action against doctors who prescribe lethal drugs for terminally ill patients.

 New York Times