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By Naomi Anderson The history of medical malpractice and its relation to the law is a lengthy one, spanning back thousands of years. Doctors and ...
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Two Words Can Soothe Injured Patients And Avoid Malpractice Suits: I’m Sorry
By Sandra G. Boodman When Donna Helen Crisp, a 59-year-old nursing professor, entered a North Carolina teaching hospital for a routine hysterectomy in 2007, she expected ...
Read More »Why Choosing the Right Surgeon Matters
IN FEBRUARY 2012, LaVerne Stiles went to Citrus Memorial Hospital near her home in central Florida for what should have been a routine surgery. The bubbly ...
Read More »Do Cell Phones Belong In The Operating Room?
Next time you’re on the operating table and you have one last look around as the anesthesiologist approaches, don’t be too sure that that person ...
Read More »Medical Residents Work Less But Get Same Results: Study
In 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) set new restrictions on work hours for medical residents to satisfy a call to reduce possible ...
Read More »Medical Errors Drop When Doctors Communicate Better at Shift Changes
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay News) — Changing how doctors communicate during shift changes in hospitals reduced the risk of adverse events in patients ...
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