Hospitals

Death by Neglect

Jay Neugeboren | Posted 07.07.2008 | Life


Jay Neugeboren

My brother Robert has been a patient in the NYC mental health systems for the past 46 years, and though outraged by Esmin Green's death, I'm not surprised -- people with mental illness remain the stepchildren of the medical system.

What Americans Want: National Health Insurance

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.03.2008 | Life


Sarah van Gelder

It doesn't have to be this way. A video of a woman dying in a Brooklyn hospital waiting room after nearly 24 hours waiting for treatment is just one m...

Obama's Coming Battle With Conscience

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


Angela Bonavoglia

Faith-based institutions have done an enormous amount to improve people's lives, but determining how to support that work in a country that values the separation of church and state is no easy matter.

Gender Apartheid

Amy Coen | Posted 06.25.2008 | Life


Amy Coen

Boge explained her biggest challenge decades earlier was to convince the first mother that her 'uncut' daughter would have a good life; she would be an acceptable wife, bear children and be healthy.

Is Silver the Solution?

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 04.29.2008 | Life


Alison Rose Levy

This week Detroit doctors reported an outbreak of seven cases of VRSA (Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), a close cousin of MRSA, or Methici...

Stop That Patient! (Or the Corpocracy Rules, Part 1)

Doug Bremner | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics


Doug Bremner

arge hospitals are trying to go through to squash the smaller guys, using arguments like "conflict of interest" because the smaller hospitals are owned by physicians. Shouldn't healthcare consumers be able to comparison shop hospitals?

My Daughter Makes My Purse Shake

Candy Spelling | Posted 03.18.2008 | Entertainment


Candy Spelling

My daughter's book had just come out, and I had been barraged with phone calls, emails, letters and strangers in restaurants reporting what she was saying.

Bush Cuts Will Cost Lives

Gerald McEntee | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics


Gerald McEntee

The president's plan will not only require hospitals to cut back services, but it will reduce the quality of medical care for millions of families.

Fresh Air

Barry Levinson | Posted 01.09.2008 | Entertainment


Barry Levinson

As I watched Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I couldn't help but make comparisons to our healthcare system.

Our Healthcare System Sucks

Doug Bremner | Posted 11.02.2007 | Politics


Doug Bremner

I think that it is criminal that someone like Mitt Romney can sit there and say that we have universal healthcare because if you break your arm they are going to take you to the ER even if you don't have insurance.

The Zen of Hospital Food

Dina Cheney | Posted 10.31.2007 | Life


Dina Cheney

There was no way that the food was going to be edible or that I -- a food writer with high standards -- was going to eat it.

Are These People Completely Out of Their Minds?

Doug Bremner | Posted 10.30.2007 | Politics


Doug Bremner

In spite of the fact that during the time of Bill Hillary was ready to take a hatchet to the insurance companies, now the insurance companies are falling over themselves to shower her with dollars.


 

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