Who Should Decide Who Gets a Transplant?
Watch this segment from HuffPo Live on two children denied transplants because they were not deemed mentally capable enough to benefit. Two angry moms are fighting back. Love to hear your thoughts.
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All I want from Health Care is My Two Front Teeth
Not looking my best…but here is a blog post I wrote for the Hastings Center, in which I try to get to the root, so to speak, of an often overlooked issue: cutting dental coverage when trying to lower the cost of health care.
Sign on the dotted line or …
Ever had a doctor present you with a contract, laying out what you need to do or else? Well, this is an increasingly common practice in medicine.
Michael Volk led a group of us who wrote about this topic recently in The Lancet. Click on this link to check it out.Your Doctor Recommends Robotic Surgery – You Should Be Skeptical
Your physician has received generous money from one of the companies that manufacture the robots. Consciously or unconsciously, that money could be influencing her recommendation. The positivity of physicians’ comments on X rises significantly among those receiving the most generous industry payments. Read more here.
