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I can't type much right now, but I figure I need to. My finger has
been killing me (feels like arthritis), but screw it.
I guess what I was meant to come here to write was that yes, I am struggling. I am struggling with the very fact that I am going to have to say "enough is...
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I've spent several hours this week weeding through inspections and complaints against local hospitals and nursing homes.
(Read "State investigating Kern Valley nursing home again," which ran Wednesday in The Californian.)
That is why this recent story from the Riverside...
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The state medical board has come down on several local doctors in the last year: Nadjmabadi, Jellinek, Cosgrove, Fritch, Mosser, Loos.
Now a physician assistant is being added to the list.
The state medical board is seeking to revoke or suspend John Harvey Cates' medical license after he...
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Opponents of California's physician-assisted suicide bill say more than 500 residents a year would commit legal suicide if the bill passes.
And if it is passed, other states would likely follow suit, according to a story today in USA Today.
"Absolutely, other states would...
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What role should medical professionals have in executions? Some states require a doctor to be present, but many physicians say this is unethical.
Stateline.org, a journalist-staffed Web site focused on policy issues, came out with an interesting story today on the dilemma.
As the story...
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The channel 17 story about Dr. Gary Merrill was disheartening. He is apparently a pediatrician who refused to see a child because her mother had a piercing and a tattoo. Please, please, please...if you are NOT a Christian, please know that this guy doesn't represent a whole bunch of...
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We put a lot of trust in doctors. If a person in a white jacket tells us to do something, most of us do it without much hesitation.
Remember the Stanley Milgram experiment from psychology class? Participants were instructed by a man in a white coat to shock the person on the other side of the...
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Entering hospice might not be an end for some after all.
I came across this story today in the Washington Post: 'Kissing Hospice Goodbye: Art Buchwald's Case is Unusual, but Leaving 'End-of-Life' Care Without Dying Is Not."
Humorist Art Buchwald was told by his doctor he had only a...
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