Arizona Wants Doctors To Lie
The State of Arizona wants doctors to lie. The legislature thinks it can interpret the medical literature and thus tell doctors what to say. The issue is now in court
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Refusing to Treat Patients
Refusing to treat a patient because they, or their parents, are gay is illegal in some states, unethical and immoral in all states.
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Platelet-Rich Plasma: Save Your Money
Platelet Rich Plasma is a technique where an injection of the patient’s own blood is concentrated with the “healing factors” – but does it work? There is no good study saying it works. Athletes like Tiger Woods and others have tried it. But with years of use, there is no randomized, double blind study that shows efficacy.
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Should Physicians Force Patients to be Incarcerated?
A woman forced to stay in a hospital because her OBGYN physicians asked the courts to make them protect the life of the unborn fetus. A patient incarcerated in the hospital, at their whim for any procedures. Probably one of the most disturbing bits of news I have read in years.
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Transplant or Hospice
A nurse in Arizona recently steered a patient away from transplantation and to hospice. Was this an act of an angel of mercy – or a rogue nurse blinded by limited experience and education using her position to steer a patient to hospice.
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