2019 Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designer Desiree Castillo, 12, of Hillsboro, Ore. (Chris Hornbecker)

2019 Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designer Ethan Ellis, 16, of Vancouver, Wash. (Chris Hornbecker)

2019 Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designer Kahleah Corona, 11, of Richland, Wash. (Chris Hornbecker)

2019 Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designer Sawyer Miller, 12, Bend, Ore. (Chris Hornbecker)

2019 Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designer Zion Thompson, 14, of Eugene, Ore. (Chris Hornbecker)

2019 Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designer Bransen Fernando, 13 of Beaverton, Ore. (Chris Hornbecker)

Surgeons at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital removed 54 of these tiny toy magnets from the digestive systems of multiple patients in just over a month in 2019. (OHSU). Experts at Doernbecher stressed the danger these tiny magnets pose for young children and called for a ban on them in toys. (OHSU)

Susan Tolle, M.D., OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care director; OHSU School of Medicine professor of medicine (general internal medicine and geriatrics). (OHSU)

(Left to right) Oregon POLST Executive Director Valerie Jimenez waits as Elizabeth Anderson reads an Oregon POLST form with her partner Ron Naito of Portland. (OHSU/Corky Miller)