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Entries by Jacob M. Appel from 06/2010

Are We Ready for Coed Hospital Rooms?

| Posted 06.18.2010 | Politics
Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Law, Equality, Coed-Dorms, Sex Discrimination, Men, Canada, Mixed-Gender, Coed Hospital Rooms, Gender, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Great Britain, Sex, Liberalism, Hospitals, Women's Health, Doctors, Medicine, Bioethics, Politics News

Long emergency room stays are one of the most unpleasant and potentially dangerous aspects of healthcare delivery in most western nations. In recent ...

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Rational Rationing vs. Irrational Rationing: The Struggle for the Legacy of Ruben Betancourt

| Posted 06.23.2010 | Politics
Read More: Law, Transhumanism, Ruben Betancourt, Euthanasia, Health Care Economics, Death, Politics, Health Care Rationing, Immortality, Ethics, Medical-Futility, Health Care Reform, Hospitals, Morality, Futilty Theory, New Jersey, Health Care, Medicine, Donald Berwick, Politics News

Are there circumstances in which patient autonomy, as expressed through surrogates, should be overruled in the name of resource allocation and/or sound medical practice?

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