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Confidentiality Clauses Are Killing Patients

Eliminating them is the lowest-hanging fruit in the patient safety movement

Nov 15, 2024
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RFK Jr. Spurs FDA Resignations; Chatbot to User: 'Please Die'; Dating Apps and STIs

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Nov 15, 2024
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Opinion
We Cannot Provide Care With Our Hands Tied Behind Our Backs

What a second Trump administration could mean for physician autonomy

Nov 14, 2024
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Doctors React to Texas Rule Requiring Them to Ask About Immigration Status

"My role as a healer is suddenly being blurred to be an enforcer of immigration status," one said

Nov 14, 2024
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Physicians Rarely Disciplined by Medical Boards for Spreading Misinformation

Editorialists say sanctions should be rare and discipline may be better left to other agencies

Nov 12, 2024
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Anti-Vaxxer Gets 5 Years for Encouraging Terrorism During the Pandemic

One social media post described "whacking" England's chief medical officer over the head

Nov 12, 2024
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Opinion
The Trouble With Upcoding Extends Far Beyond Ethics

The practice reminds us that our healthcare system is failing patients and clinicians alike

Nov 11, 2024
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Health Worker Gets 2 Years for Accessing Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Medical Records

Transplant coordinator was convicted earlier this year

Nov 07, 2024
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Doc Gets 31 Years for Poisoning Mother's Partner With Fake COVID Vax

U.K. physician Thomas Kwan was disgruntled about his inheritance

Nov 07, 2024
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Opinion
100 Days Trapped in Inpatient Legal Limbo

Awaiting guardianship in the hospital long-term should not be the norm

Nov 06, 2024
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Most Journal Articles Still Missing COI Statement on PubMed

Only a third of scientific journals on PubMed post conflicts of interest

Nov 05, 2024
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Opinion
Dark Humor Allows Us to See the 'Light' in Medicine

But don't forget to speak softly and tread carefully

Nov 03, 2024
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A Moral Code: Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine

Three physicians face crossroads in patient care

Oct 25, 2024
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His Death Would Not Be a Good Death

Informing the family of the "inevitable" never gets easy

Oct 25, 2024
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