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Full April 15, 2004, Issue in PDF
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Full May 2004 Issue in PDF
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Bioterrorism Watch Supplement
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NJ stem cell research law sparks renewed ethics and legal debates
In January, New Jersey became only the second state in the union to pass legislation formally permitting research using embryonic stem cells. -
Pharmacogenetics trials offer new challenges
The brave new world of genetics and pharmacogenetics research provides some exciting possibilities as well as some major challenges to researchers. Recruiting subjects is top concern. -
Are you liable if your staff abuse a patient?
Denver Health Medical Center is being sued by a patient who claims that two hospital workers took a photograph of his genitals while he lay unconscious in their ED last February. Could a hospital be held liable for such accusations? -
Want smoother transfers? Eliminate the guesswork!
At Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, for example, several years of ongoing meetings with community physicians created awareness of how the facilitys ED handled transfers. It also engendered valuable interpersonal relationships among medical professionals, while the facility improved communications through centralized phone and computer transfer capabilities. -
ED Accreditation Update: Medication issues trip up emergency departments
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Full August issue in PDF
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Patient Safety Alert Supplement
Pediatrics program just the beginning of safety overhaul; Duke identifies corrective plan of action for patient safety