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Recycled pacemakers safe and effective
Many heart patients in India are too poor to afford pacemakers. However, a study has found that removing pacemakers from deceased Americans, resterilizing the devices, and implanting them in Indian patients "is very safe and effective." -
Alleged patient assaults by docs raise question: What would you do?
Many outpatient surgery managers might think that the situation of a clinician sexually assaulting an incapacitated patient is so unlikely that they don't need to prepare for such an event. However, those managers would be mistaken, according to sources interviewed by Same-Day Surgery. -
Survival rates unaffected by end-of-life discussions
Discussing and documenting patients' preferences for care at the end of life does not cause them any harm, contrary to recent claims. -
Human study examines medical marijuana
In the first human study of its kind, research from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) suggests that patients with chronic pain might experience greater relief if their doctors add cannabinoids the main ingredient in cannabis or medical marijuana to an opiates-only treatment. -
Medical Ethics Advisor - Full May 2014 Issue in PDF
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Same-Day Surgery - Full May 2014 Issue in PDF
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Hospital Case Management - Full September 1, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Same-Day Surgery - Full September 2014 Issue in PDF
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Full May 2002 Issue in PDF
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