in the essay ``it`s Over, Debbie a gynecology resident described ending the life of a 20-year-old cancer patient. But Fitzgerald said it was ``merely speculative`` whether the mercy killing actually occurred and, if it occurred in Cook County. The ruling was hailed Friday by the editor of the AMA journal, Dr. George Lundberg as setting a precedent that confirms that scientific and medical journals have the same fully freedom of the press as enjoyed by newspapers, television and other popular media.But State`s Atty. Richard M. Daley said the quashing of the subpoena``comes at a price each citizen of this country will have to individually assess`It was important to seek the identity of the person who authored the`Debbie` essay because the article appears to be a confession to murder. Even more disturbing, it is an unrepentant confession by one who justifies the murder of another human being.``
There were 19 deaths, all unexplained. A serious case review has now opened up into the elderly residents deaths. The coroner, Miss Penelope Schofield has spoke & said that neglect contributed to at least 5 of these deaths. On investigating the coroner found that one of the residents medical documents had been falsified & she had been given too much of the blood thinning drug warfarin. The manager Meera Reed had earlier denied ordering staff to shred documents & filling in more forms to cover up the overdose.
* Baby P failed by police, social workers and lawyers * Toddler had 60 visits from agencies over 8 months * 'Horrifying death' could have been prevented * Authorities didn't realise violent partner lived there The horrific extent to which Baby P was failed by nearly everyone who came into contact with him was laid bare yesterday. Social workers, doctors and police committed a catalogue of errors which led to the toddler’s death at the hands of his mother and her sadistic boyfriend. The full report into how the toddler died disclosed how Baby Peter’s mother, Tracey Connelly, told the authorities she had a boyfriend – but they did not ask who he was or insist on meeting him. She even named Steven Barker – who later battered Peter
Medical Malpractice PRINT EMAIL SAVE TEXT Since ICOF last covered medical malpractice on March 12, 1999, Congress attempted but failed to pass legislation capping medical malpractice jury awards. Meanwhile, several states went ahead and dealt with the issue on their own. Click here for the latest developments concerning this controversial issue. • How Common Are Medical Errors? • Malpractice Suits Proliferate • Advocates Say Lawsuits Deter Errors • Malpractice Suits Criticized • Systems Overhaul Advised • Preventive Measures Gain Support • Bibliography • Additional Sources • Contact Information • Keywords and Points • Medical Malpractice Update According to some estimates, American physicians, surgeons and nurses make approximately
Recently uncovered were VAER reports of HPV infection, genital warts and cervical lesions after Gardasil vaccination. However, CDC has failed to update it’s website with this pertinent information. The FDA has questioned weather HPV types not carried in the vaccine can offset the effectiveness of the vaccine. The vaccine only contains HPV types 16 and 18 even though there are approximately 15 types of HPV associated with cervical cancer. One case of HPV infection in a twenty-two year old girl who had participated in a Merck Gardasil trial in 2003 according to a VAERS report.
If they cannot afford the amount for medication copay then they may hold out just to be able to save for another week or so. This brings me to the article mentioned below and an example of that is an episode in Special Victims Unit where there was a patient in a nursing home and he had to take a certain medication to treat his mental illness and the nursing home did not provide to him because they could not afford it. “Some 22 percent of Massachusetts nursing home residents taking antipsychotics in 2009 who did not have conditions called for these sedative like drugs. San Francisco Public Health Director Mitchell Katz said that 60-70 percent of people taking these drugs should not”. Anti-depressants have been helpful to those suffering with major depression to being down in the
Rick Reece 4/9/12 Legalize Assisted Suicide The year is 1987 and Dr. Kevorkian started advertisements in Detroit newspapers, which he was advertising himself as a physician consultant for “death consulting.” Dr. Kevorkian’s first public assisted suicide was in 1990, of Janet Adkins, who was 54-years-old and was diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease in 1989. Kevorkian was charged with murder, but the charges were dropped because there weren’t laws regarding assisted suicide in Detroit at the time. Kevorkian then lost his medical license do to the controversy. Between 1990 and 1998, Dr. Kevorkian helped end 130 terminally ill patient’s lives. Kevorkian allegedly only assisted in the patients’ deaths by attaching a device to them, in which the patients would press a button to finally end their life painlessly and on their own terms.
Bill Drayton (Bill) intentionally discriminated against Courtney’s sex when she was subjected to photos, questions, and comments regarding nude women. The discrimination was pervasive; Courtney was subjected five times a week to Bill’s conduct for ten months. The discrimination detrimentally affected her work performance when she sought medical leave. A reasonable woman could find Bill’s conduct to produce a hostile work environment. The fifth prong depends on the actions taken hereinafter by employer Garden State Tutoring (GST) and is not at issue now.
Responding to the Public Alternative Assignment Charles M. Griggs Jr. University of Phoenix HCS 539 Martha Owen January 29, 2012 Responding to the Public Alternative Assignment Employees of Hospitals and Medical Centers periodically make medical mistakes during surgeries, and other treatment procedures. A California woman by the named Ana Jimenez-Salgado sued LAC & USC medical center of Los Angeles for performing a double mastectomy based on an incorrect pathology report. Surgeons removed Ana Salgado’s breasts after a pathologist claimed he discovered cancerous cells in her breasts during a biopsy that occurred August 8, 2007. Ana Jimenez underwent reconstructive breast surgery, however; “the hospital’s pathologists examined the issue and concluded she never had breast cancer” (Associated Press, 2010, p. 1). Jimenez-Salgado
Designer Babies: A Right to Choose? By Brandon Keim March 9, 2009 Categories: Biotech When a Los Angeles fertility clinic offered last month to let parents choose their kids’ hair and eye color, public outrage followed. On March 2, the clinic shut the program down — and that, says transhumanist author James Hughes, is a shame. According to Hughes, using reproductive technologies — in this case, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), in which doctors screen embryos before implanting them — for cosmetic purposes is just an old-fashioned parental impulse, translated into 21st century technology. If nobody gets hurt and everybody has access, says Hughes, then genetic modification is perfectly fine, and restricting it is an assault on reproductive freedom.