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The Long Arm of Medical Ethics

Remembering another sad chapter in post-war American medical ethics.

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Wiki Med(ia)

Can you trust Wikipedia for medical information? It's credibility will soon be rising...

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MetaMedicine

Using MetaData to improve health care for patients and save on spending. [And it's not from the NSA.]

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Broken Dishes

States not expanding their Medicaid pools are shooting themselves and their hospitals in the foot.

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Thank-a-lot

Giving Thanks.

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Pills. Lotsa, lotsa pills.

Taking Theresa Brown's idea one step further.

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Internet House Calls

See a doc through something called the "Internet."

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Retrospethics

Looking back on dubious medical practices raises questions not only of ethics but our use of history and remembrance.

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Home for the Holidays. [Not.]

A reflection on the season. And on young doctors and their training. What does ‘professionalism‘ mean? I looked through the literature for discussion of medical residents working on holidays. I...

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Hospice: Mission Creep

Hospice + profit motive = silliness

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GlassHospital 2014

A new look, and a new public radio show for 2014: Medical Matters.

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Bedside Manner(s).

NPR's health story of the weekend. Check it out.

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Disparities

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.

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What is “Brain Dead,” Anyway? [UPDATED]

Why the concept of "brain death" is hard to understand.

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Deja Vu All Over Again

Are we destined to re-live the 1990s?

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DIY Medicine Gets a Step Closer

You won't need your doctor to get your lab results anymore.

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It’s Coming. This Week.

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To Vape or Not to Vape

Vaping: Get ready to choose sides; you have about a year until science weighs in.

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Do You Rate Your Doctor?

There are loads of websites competing to rank doctors and other health services. Do you trust them?

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A Medical Merger of Sorts

More than a century of American medical history was turned on its ear last week by the announcement that the groups that accredit medical residencies will unify their standards. Don’t be too hard on...

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