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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that patients have a right to palliative care to alleviate pain and suffering. But what if the patient is afflicted with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia and is unable to communicate whether he or she is experiencing pain?
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I believe that underlying [the health care reform] debate is our national schizophrenia over whether health care is a social good or an economic good. We often say the former, but the reality is the latter. We say health care is a 'right' not a 'privilege,' and we deplore that not everyone has access to health insurance.
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Every patient in the United States has the legal right to refuse medical care â even when that care would help the patient, experts agree.
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In an organization as large as Detroit, MI-based General Motors Corp., medical emergencies "are encountered with some regularity," according to Joel R. Bender, MD, PhD, MSPH, FACOEM, corporate medical director.
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Older patients who are at high risk for health care utilization are staying healthier and out of the hospital thanks to a new primary care enhancement program called "Guided Care."
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Support groups are a way of providing continuing education, according to health care professionals who facilitate groups with an educational format.
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Despite the recession, incentives paid to employees for participation in health and wellness programs show no signs of slowing down.
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A long-term machine operator employee in his 60s was working in the pocketed coil department at an Atlanta, GA-based Simmons Bedding Co. factory, when he suffered a sudden massive heart attack.
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Amputation, anaphylactic shock, asthmatic reaction, cardiac arrest, convulsion, seizure, diabetic emergency, head injury, heat stroke, and pneumothorax.
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Following the success of a program that provides remote monitoring of chronically ill patients in poverty-stricken rural areas, Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center in Ahoskie, NC, is replicating the program at six other community health centers in North Carolina.