Futile Care Disputes Belong in Court - First Things (blog)
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Futile Care Disputes Belong in Court First Things (blog) The Journal of the American Medical Association published an article by Douglas B. White, MD and law professor Thaddeus M. Pope, arguing that intractable futile care disputes belong in court. (In a medical futility dispute, doctors seek to withdraw ... |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 04:04:03 AM
Wrong Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and Futile Treatment - Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)
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Wrong Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and Futile Treatment Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) The second edition of Schneiderman and Jecker's Wrong Medicine is a vital contribution to the discussion on medical ethics and futility. In this extended essay arguing against treatment using futile interventions, the authors update their 1995 text ... |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 04:04:03 AM
Hospices dump patients and escape millions owed to US - The News Journal
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Hospices dump patients and escape millions owed to US The News Journal She had more than 30 Sojourn Care patients in a half- dozen nursing homes when the hospice shut down. "My patients were dumped out in the cold," said Dimmitt, a former Sojourn Care medical director. "How can you close one Medicare license, open another ... |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 04:04:03 AM
Councilman's son shot - The Advocate
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Councilman's son shot The Advocate @tradewinns: In the face of such deep, thoughtful logic--especially your penetrating treatise on how insurance coverages work--I can see that any conversation with you is futile. @ladyanderson: Yes, ma'am...there is far more to this story than has been ... |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 04:04:03 AM
Doctor to spearhead LHIN efforts to improve access to family physicians - Ottawa Citizen
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Doctor to spearhead LHIN efforts to improve access to family physicians Ottawa Citizen Reducing medical errors by improving communication among family doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, emergency physicians and medical specialists. Family doctors provide the first line of medical care to 85 per cent of all Eastern Ontarians, ... |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 04:04:03 AM
Doctor exposes the dangers of overtreatment - USA TODAY
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 USA TODAY | Doctor exposes the dangers of overtreatment USA TODAY A mixture of fear, poverty and lack of paid sick leave had led her to delay cancer treatment for years. Eventually, the tumor grew so large that it cut off the blood supply, causing her right breast to die and fall off, says Otis Brawley, chief medical ... |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 04:04:03 AM
Hospices Dumping Patients While Escaping Millions Owed to U.S. - San Francisco Chronicle
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Hospices Dumping Patients While Escaping Millions Owed to U.S. San Francisco Chronicle She had more than 30 Sojourn Care patients in a half- dozen nursing homes when the hospice shut down. "My patients were dumped out in the cold," said Dimmitt, a former Sojourn Care medical director. "How can you close one Medicare license, open another ... |
Published on Monday 6th of February 2012 04:04:03 AM
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