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Arrogance, Abuse, Fraud, and Medical Malpractice: How Some ...  -  Mar 20, 2008
OpEdNews,...money-grubbing opportunists, and the patients and their lawyers are just fighting back against an arrogant disregard for patient's rights, dignity,

Board wants to stop churning not members' rights to switch schemes  -  Mar 16, 2008
Personal Finance,The BHF says it does not want to prevent members from switching medical schemes as alleged by a patient's rights group this week.

Legal action considered over failed operations  -  Feb 24, 2008
Radio New Zealand,...claiming an ACC payment, or going to the Human Rights review tribunal, which considers medical claims if a patient's rights have been breached.

Hormone Pellet Therapy Regulates Hormone Delivery For Patients  -  Mar 18, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),IPM's mission is to respect patient's rights and look for the most natural and preventive path towards overall health. Dr. Sosin earned the title,

Experts prefer better care of dying patients to euthanasia  -  Mar 12, 2008
Prague Daily Monitor,Deputy justice minister Frantisek Korbel objected that the cited provision concerned doctors' duty to respect the patient's rights rather than euthanasia.

Health minister reacts to Castonguay report  -  Feb 19, 2008
CJAD,Patient's rights advocate Paul Brunet says he welcomes the emphasis on the need to improve access to health care, especially front line services.

Pilot scheme for mental health information launched  -  Feb 14, 2008
Kilkenny Advertiser,Under the initiative trustworthy information on mental health issues, self help, social welfare entitlements, patient's rights, support groups and community

Should pharmacists be forced to violate religious beliefs by ...  -  Feb 10, 2008
Helium,While I appreciate the argument that a patient's rights to the drug outweighs the pharmacist's personal moral beliefs [4], I do not believe that the

Confusion surrounds EU's health services directive  -  Jan 28, 2008
EurActiv,..."This is about patient's rights. Patients should be entitled to treatment in another EU member state if necessary, with no worry about costs,

Edwards' ambition a blow for working class  -  Feb 3, 2008
Charlotte Observer,He showed flashes of real accomplishment, working on an important patient's rights bill and winning respect for his work during the deposition-taking phase

Employer can't breach medical marijuana patient's rights  -  Dec 1, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,Gary Ross is a 45-year-old veteran living in Carmichael, near Sacramento, and until 2001, the mild-mannered father of two had been leading a productive life

Patient's Rights: Part II  -  Dec 14, 2007
WBTV,..."Medical decisions are complicated and require lots of information," said Presbyterian's Dr. Andew Mueller. He says that is on both sides, meaning patients

Doc who took penis pic unlikely to face charges  -  Dec 27, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,Dr. Adam Hansen could have been prosecuted for violating the patient's rights under federal laws that safeguard a patient's privacy.

Area Delegates Helping to Make Changes to Mental Health Laws  -  Dec 3, 2007
WCAV,A balance between patient's rights and protecting the public is going to be the challenge according to Toscano. “I think it's fair to say that one of the

Groups Call On Senator Charles Schumer to Lead Senate In ...  -  Nov 30, 2007
Insurance News Net (press release),StateWide operates a Patient's Rights / Medicare / EPIC Helpline and education, counseling, and monitoring activities for these programs.

trusted care: patient's rights inside nursing homes  -  Nov 6, 2007
KTEN,...tonight our series, trusted care, takes a look at one of the most important aspects of elder assistance: patient's rights. in addition to rights as us

parties offer own cures for health  -  Nov 2, 2007
Trinidad & Tobago Express,...of patient's rights and obligations. that charter includes "the right to be seen within one hour of your arrival at any public health institution,

elderly left sitting in urine  -  Nov 21, 2007
Stuff.co.nz,...rest homes a letter reminding them of their obligations involving patient's rights and incontinence products. one woman, who did not want to be named,

cutting costs - at 1950s radiation victims' expense  -  Nov 13, 2007
Ha'aretz,..."according to both the freedom of information act and the patient's rights law, anyone who undergoes a medical examination is entitled to the findings,"

live well: morality & medicine  -  Nov 6, 2007
KXAN-TV,..."the patient's rights to know and the patient's autonomy is premiere in the practice of medicine," said neavel. a new study, however, said that's not always

private health, public eye  -  Oct 29, 2007
Ha'aretz,...the patient's rights law and the protection of privacy act. it also includes the freedom of information act - which asserts that the right to privacy

protecting both doctor and patient  -  Nov 10, 2007
New Straits Times,...position and to restore the equilibrium between patient's rights and justifiable protection for a doctor who has met acceptable professional standards.

hospice group seeks 2.5-acre site in county  -  Nov 4, 2007
HeraldNet,..."it's all about making sure every patient's rights and wishes are absolutely followed," she said. although the organization now assists up to 300 hospice

nursing home critics slam governor's veto  -  Oct 31, 2007
Press-Enterprise,..."manorcare works closely with patients, families and physicians in designing a care plan that preserves the patient's rights, well being, safety and dignity

Hospitals seek global tag for hard sell  -  Sep 24, 2007
Sify,Proper training, safe disposal norms, education on patient's rights, etc, were some of the areas that had to be taken care of. On June 18, 2005,

Criminal health files opened  -  Oct 9, 2007
Courier Mail,To protect the patient's rights, Mr Robertson said only victims and their families would have access to the information. "It's widely recognised that access

HIPAA won't prevent disclosure to oversight agency  -  Aug 16, 2007
CCH...noted that OLRS was a particularly appropriate recipient of this information because of government-created role in the protection of patient's rights.

Cancer treatments 'excessive'  -  Aug 31, 2007
The Age,Such experiments had been tried previously "with a view that the information was more valuable than the individual patient's rights", said Professor Richard

A land of beauty and illness  -  Aug 15, 2007
Ha'aretz,The patient's rights law demands of us, the physicians, that we present all the treatment options and let the patient choose which is appropriate for him.

Care Project centers now open  -  Aug 24, 2007
Willits News,...featuring rotating activities like mask-making, MasterPath speakers, patient's rights speakers, music jams, doll-making and medicine classes.

Metro Record  -  Aug 16, 2007
DesMoinesRegister.com,Iowa Health System has paid $1000 to a deaf patient after a federal investigation into allegations that the hospital company violated the patient's rights

DRMC's ER is tops  -  Aug 8, 2007
St. George Daily Spectrum,Mainly because of how efficiently it is operated and that patient's rights are put as top priority. DRMC has the third busiest emergency room department

Bedouin Villages In The Negev Vs. Electricity  -  Jul 31, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,Services have abrogated their responsibility, unequivocally defined by the Health Law and the Patient's Rights Law and international human rights law,

Psychiatric patients feel strain  -  Jul 14, 2007
Boston Globe,Investigators also found no evidence that staff and security had been trained in patient's rights. And they said the nurse should have explored the

A sobering diagnosis  -  Aug 1, 2007
The Kingston Whig-Standard,Something has to happen, the association warns, since the Supreme Court, in a recent case in Quebec, ruled that a patient's rights had been compromised by

Patient's rights in dispute  -  Jul 4, 2007
Northumberland Today,Gail Doyle, like all other patients at Northumberland Hills Hospital, has the right to be treated with respect, consideration and dignity.

Treatment Options for Victims of Traumatic Brain Injury  -  Jul 5, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),Brain injury lawyers have the experience and information patients and their families need to know, concerning a patient's rights and the due compensation

Senior Moments; Home health care a popular option for medical needs  -  Jun 14, 2007
BowieBlade.com,On this site, you can compare agencies near you by looking at the quality measure score, you can find out a lot about patient's rights, and you can find out

Conference of the Syrian-American Medical Association continues ...  -  Jun 26, 2007
SANA - Syrian Arab News Agency,...and lectures concentrating on the patient's rights, improvement of the medical care, medical mistakes in addition to nervous and psychological diseases.

Medical Testing to be Performed Without Consent  -  Jun 24, 2007
MyFox Washington DC,Seattle, WA -- A debate is raging, pitting patient's rights against medical research: Should a doctor be able to perform a medical experiment on you without

Make a Difference honors cornerstones' of the community  -  Jun 13, 2007
Red Bluff Daily News,She is a patient's rights advocate for mental health clients and has been a foster parent in Tehama County. In her spare time, she provides food for the

Why not err on the side of caution?  -  Apr 24, 2007
Cincinnati Enquirer,No one can be informed, for the patient's rights must be preserved. What about the rights of the victims? We must learn to listen to those who state clearly

Guidance for witholding treatment  -  Mar 30, 2007
Channel 4 News,A change in the law means a patient's rights to make advanced decisions about their treatment will now be recognised, including in the form of "living

Schabir Shaik goes back to hospital  -  Apr 16, 2007
Independent Online,We assure the family and the public that this patient's rights will be protected at all times," it said. Shaik's 15-year prison term for fraud relating to

Crossing The Rubicon: After-Action Review Of Virginia Tech Rampage  -  Apr 23, 2007
Post ChronicleIt's a balancing act between patient's rights and public safety, but it has been tipping in favor of the former for many years. Something may have to give.

New head of AIIMS cardio-thoracic dept. says post challenging  -  Apr 11, 2007
Hindu,I am most interested in patient's rights, safety and cost cutting," said Kumar, who will turn 61 on Sunday. Writer of three books and several journals,

When's it OK to lock patients up?  -  Apr 7, 2007
National Review of Medicine,..."I do think it is important we don't use our powers lightly, that we do everything possible before we take away a patient's rights," says Dr Patricia Daly,

NRC Appointments New Member to Advisory Committee on Medical Uses ...  -  28 Feb 2007
DOTmed.com (press release),The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced the appointment of Darrell R. Fisher, Ph.D., as the patient's rights advocate on the Advisory Committee on

Patient's Rights Bill Proposed by Ailing Representative  -  Feb 13, 2007
Today's MGT,The measure would strengthen patient's rights to fight insurers that deny medical coverage. Norwood's proposal would give consumers greater ability to sue

Georgia Rep. Charlie Norwood dead  -  Feb 14, 2007
GOPUSA,A long-time advocate of patient's rights, Norwood introduced the first comprehensive managed healthcare reform bill in Congress in 1995, and recently

Objectionable Objectors: Is YOUR Doctor Telling You Everything You ...  -  Feb 21, 2007
Political Cortex,Add to that the emergency and time-sensitive nature of some reproductive rights care and we've got some serious infringements on patient's rights.

Gays might do well to stay in the closet  -  Feb 4, 2007
Record-Searchlight (subscription),For example, hospitals might do well to improve on patient's rights by allowing patients to determine whom they want to have visiting them as opposed to a

GP joins gay adoption row  -  Feb 12, 2007
Bedford Today,..."The patient's rights under secular law are upheld, as are the rights of carers who wish to follow their own consciences. A similar principle should be

Medical Information: Right to know  -  Feb 8, 2007
Seattle Post Intelligencer,...to practice medicine in accordance with his or her religious beliefs supercedes a patient's rights to know what all the available treatment options are.

Anti-Psychiatry and the Search for Autonomy  -  Feb 13, 2007
Infoshop NewsThe movement for patient's rights and towards alternatives to psychiatry raises issues and problems concerning what politics is, the quality of peoples'

Norwood remembered in public visitation  -  Feb 15, 2007
WRDW-TV,He served Georgia's 10th District for a dozen years, tackling patient's rights and national security. Neurosurgeon Ildemaro Voacan remembers helping with

Gov't told to resuscitate plan to expand ICUs  -  Feb 6, 2007
Jerusalem Post,...attached to respirators who are outside intensive care units "constitutes a flagrant and systematic abuse of the Patient's Rights Law, and costs lives."

New restraint and seclusion rule protects patients' rights  -  Jan 18, 2007
CCHHospitals must provide the patient or family member with a formal notice of a patient's rights at the time of admission. These rights include freedom from

The will to live, the right to die  -  Jan 19, 2007
Bangkok Post,And surely the patient's rights must be the most important consideration and their wishes given precedence above all others. What is also needed is more

Uganda: It is Your Right to Get Quality Healthcare  -  Jan 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The coordinator of UNHCO, David Mukama, says their survey on patient's rights showed that the majority of patients said the treatment offered in health

"Abraham's Law" to be introduced next week  -  Jan 17, 2007
WAVY-TV,A new patient's rights law - inspired by an Eastern Shore teen - is on its way to Richmond. On Tuesday, Delegate John Welch will introduce "Abraham's Law".

State Imposes 1000% Fee Hike on Medical Mariuana ID Cards  -  Jan 10, 2007
Bay Area Indymedia,Where are patient's rights? How can patients afford to keep fighting bad policy? According to- D. Gieringer of Cal NORML, the California Dept of Health

Spanish Woman Prompts Euthanasia Debate  -  Nov 29, 2006
Salon...up because of concern that anyone involved in helping her end her life might face charges under Spain's penal code, despite the patient's rights law.

9 die in Siberia clinic fire  -  Dec 10, 2006
Kansas City Star,...called for stronger public oversight over drug and psychiatric clinics to make them more transparent and end abuses of patient's rights.

Fires at Russian hospitals kill over 50 in 2 days, neglect of ...  -  Dec 10, 2006
USA TodayKalandarov called for stronger public oversight over drug and psychiatric clinics to make them more transparent and end abuses of patient's rights.

Mental patients 'stripped and isolated'  -  Dec 10, 2006
Melbourne Herald Sun,...established by the West Australian government to monitor mental health patient's rights, details cases at a centre in the Perth suburb of Bentley.

Kenyan Doctors, Activists Call for Greater Fight Against Tuberculosis  -  Nov 30, 2006
Voice of America..."We are now requesting for a TB act, which, among other things, should highlight the patient's rights to treatment. Our government should reduce the

More than 50 die in two Russia hospital blazes  -  Dec 11, 2006
FireRescue1,Kalandarov called for stronger public oversight over drug and psychiatric clinics to make them more transparent and end abuses of patient's rights. ...

Mental patients 'stripped and isolated'  -  Dec 10, 2006
The Australian,...of Official Visitors (COV), an independent agency established by the West Australian government to monitor mental health patient's rights, details cases at a ...

Spanish woman prompts euthanasia debate  -  Nov 29, 2006
San Jose Mercury News,...been held up because of concern that anyone involved in helping her end her life might face charges under Spain's penal code, despite the patient's rights law. ...

Killer's case exposes 'widespread flaws'  -  Nov 16, 2006
BBC News,This is not just a question of changes to the law or of inadequate resources, it is a question of changing a culture which puts patient's rights ahead of those ...

Kenyan Doctors, Activists Call for Greater Fight Against ...  -  Nov 30, 2006
Voice of America...he said. "We are now requesting for a TB act, which, among other things, should highlight the patient's rights to treatment. Our ...

Labour faces defeat over mental health  -  Nov 20, 2006
Guardian Unlimited,Health Minister Rosie Winterton said it was about getting the balance right between a patient's rights and entitlement to treatment and public safety. ...

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