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Tag: health care
Fast Food Nation: When Customer Service Competes with Patient Safety
Calculating chemotherapy doses by surface area (m2) or kilograms was a smooth transition for me, a former pediatric intensive care … More
A Member of the New Uninsured Apologizes to President Obama
In previous posts, I propound Universal Access to health care. I’m not particularly attached to whether states individually create their models, … More
Elementary My Dear Watson, Ambulatory Care Is a Specialty
I almost shouted, “No Sh*#t Sherlock,” at Medscape when I saw the article Ambulatory Care Nursing: Yes, It’s a Specialty, by Laura … More
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A Response to The Torture Memos
Many people have their lives saved daily by surgeons who have learned the discipline of doing the unthinkable in … More
Health Insurance Advice for the Newly Unemployed
There is an informative article in today’s NY Times by Lesley Alderman that lists resources for families and individuals who … More
Follow Up : A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care
In my post A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care (Feb. 7, 2009), I describe events … More
A Personal Response to Moral Distress in Health Care
This morning I visited Pauline Chen MD’s Well blog at the NY Times on-line to read comments posted to her … More