Author / Monica Delles
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The Best Care Possible
The way Americans die in this country is a national disgrace, according to Dr. Ira Byock in his new book, The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care through the End of Life.
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The Affordable Care Act Impact on US Hospitals
John Bluford, president and CEO of Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, explains the mounting challenges U.S. hospitals face with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
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The Challenges of Caregiving
An estimated 120 million adult Americans (57 percent) are either providing unpaid care to an adult family member or friend or have provided this care in the past.
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The Courts and Medical Futility
Thaddeus Pope, director of the Health Law Institute and an Associate Professor of Law at Hamline University School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota, co-authored an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled “The Courts, Futility and the Ends of Medicine.”
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The Cruzan Family 20 Years Later
Twenty years after Nancy Cruzan died following years of litigation and public strife over the right to withdraw life-sustaining treatment, Nancy’s sister Chris Cruzan White and her two daughters, Angie Broaddus and Miranda Lewis, look back and at what lay ahead.
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The Elderly and Public Transportation
By 2015, more than 15.5 million Americans are expected to live in communities where public transportation is poor or nonexistent.
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The End of Life Scare
Health reform must address improving end-of-life care.
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The Ethics of Disaster Readiness
An earthquake and tsunami in Japan. A devastating tornado in Joplin, Missouri. It seems we’re experiencing more and more damaging disasters.
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The Ethics of Donation after Cardiac Death
The debate continues on the ethics of donating organs after cardiac death.
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The Ethics of Rationing Healthcare
Milton Friedman once said there is no such thing as a free lunch.
