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LOS ANGELES — More times than she can count, Dr. Carin van Zyl has heard terminally ill patients beg to die. They tell her they can’t ...
Read More »End-of-Life Laws Only Accentuate Need For Palliative Care, Providers Say
Informed Consent: What Every Pennsylvania Physician Needs to Know
Informed consent is an important part of the patient-physician relationship and has implications for other theories of medical malpractice. The principle of “informed consent” has ...
Read More »Seniors tell medical students what they want from their doctor
When doctors told Robert Madison his wife had dementia, they didn’t explain very much. His successful career as an architect hardly prepared him for what ...
Read More »A Cost-Effective Patient Tool for Pancreatic Cysts
By Ananya Das, M.D. Pancreatic cysts (PCs) are increasingly discovered on abdominal imaging studies performed for unrelated health conditions. More than 120,000 pancreatic cysts undergo ...
Read More »Doctors: Are you insured against disability in your medical specialty?
A refusal by your insurance company to pay disability insurance benefits when illness or injury prevents you from practicing in your medical specialty can be ...
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