The news these days is mostly cruddy. We’ll get into that in the days to come. In the meantime, leave it up to The Onion to show us that no situation is so horrible that it can’t be laughed at – even if it’s pained laughter. Financial Planner Advises Shorter Life Span TUCSON, AZ—After reviewing … Continue reading The Onion: Financial Planner Advises Shorter Life Span
Hot off the press, first from an article from today’s US News & World Report, carefully titled “Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law May Overlook Depressed Patients“: WEDNESDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) — Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law may not adequately protect the one in four terminally ill patients with clinical depression, a new study says. The Death … Continue reading New Study in BMJ Indicates People with Clinical Depression Getting Lethal Prescriptions in Oregon
I’m a little late on this, but William Saletan, national correspondent for Slate.com, wrote a pretty thoughtful analysis of the current medical debates regarding the definition of death. First published as an essay on Slate, “The Doctors Who are Redefining Life and Death” was published in the Sunday, Oct. 5th edition of the Washington Post. … Continue reading Washington Post: Saletan on “Redefining Life and Death”
Yesterday’s post discussed the LA Times article revealing that dozens of nurses in California with criminal convictions have valid licenses to practice in the state. One expert said they were “blown away” by the information, meaning she was surprised, I guess. Turns out my suggestion that similar stories could be waiting in other states is … Continue reading How many states does it take before we’re not “blown away” by nursing board scandals?
Over the weekend, an anonymous reader of this blog tipped me off to an important investigative piece published in the Los Angeles Times, in collaboration with ProPublica, ” an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.” To many readers, the following article might have been shocking: Dozens of registered nurses convicted … Continue reading LA Times and ProPublica: Dozens of Calif. Nurses with Felony Convictions Fully Licensed to Practice
