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Here are selected articles you may want to refer to in your past issues of THE RUNDOWN.
Deadly Mistakes: Laboratory Errors Cause Death - Page 87-365
Pap smears: deadly gamble. Little regulation. Overworked technicians.
Errors are
wideranging. Protecting yourself.
Medical Mistakes: The Guilty Often Go Free - Page 95-271
Are medical mistakes isolated tragedies, or part of a trend? In Dallas,
WFAA-TV
uncovered two shocking cases. A physician removed a patient's healthy lung,
instead of
the cancerous one. A dentist administered five times the needed dosage of
a sedative and
a patient died. In Milwaukee, WISN-TV reported on a laboratory that claims
it should not
be charged with reckless homicide for allegedly misreading pap smear slides.
Why Don't "They" Pay Taxes - Page 96-105
In Nashville, WSMV-TV investigated the biggest hometown not-for-profit
institutions. One
hospital had committed to pay nearly $1 million over ten years for a super
box at a
football stadium.
Doctor glut - Page 96-67
Managed care is forcing some specialists out of work. WPVI-TV, Philadelphia.
HMO horror stories - Page 96-68
Patients, doctors and the insurers
discussed health care changes, KXTV-TV, Sacramento.
Doctors in Trouble - Page 96-106
Is your doctor a drug abuser or an habitual drunk? WFSB-TV, Hartford.
Humanizing the Health Care Crisis - Page 92-117
Medical costs are growing much faster than inflation, pressing companies,
people,
government and the health care industry.
Health Care Crisis 1993: Covering the Clinton Changes - Page
92-379
Two stations prepared series on health care reform. This is a potentially
dry,
complicated issue. But, framed properly it can draw the interest of viewers
who are
already all to aware of how they and their children are being impacted.
Body Brokers: Documentary Probes Organ Donations - Page 86-115
Required consent laws. Scope of issue.
See also: Using polls to find whether the doctors still control your medical treatment.
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