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| MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE |
     Patient's Petition for Managed Care Reform  NEWS ALERTDETROIT NEWSSearch for Nursing Homes See These Articles! Medical errors kill up to 98,000 people a year Report blames rapidly changing field, confusing drugs, doctors' writing By Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press Death paints grim picture of nation's nursing homes Neglect, abuse of elderly remain cruel realities despite laws, attention ST. PETERSBURG TIMES AGS Position PaperPHYSICIAN REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE CARE OF THE FRAIL ELDERLY Nursing home advocates and nursing homes have criticized some physicians for not taking enough time with elderly patients who are residents in nursing homes. Would this just be another way to financially abuse the elderly and would doctors take more time or just charge higher reimbursement fees? The crisis in nursing homes exists and must rely on the compliance of doctors, nurses and others for the amount of neglect and abuse that exists all over the USA. Doctors are also responsible for the less than great condition that the nursing home industry currently finds itself. American Center forPatient Decisionmaking THE CENTER FOR PATIENT ADVOCACY"The Center for Patient Advocacy is at the forefront of the battle to ensure that patients have timely access to the highest quality health care in the world HOT LINE 1-800-846-7444 CHECKING OUT YOUR DOCTORTalking With Your Doctor:A Guide for Older People National Institute on Aging National Institutes of Health Prepared by the National Institutes on Aging December 1994 Age Page: Choosing a DoctorNational Institute on Aging Geriatric Doctors Revive the House Call as a Tool of Their TradeBy Susan Levine Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, May 30, 1999; Page A15 |
| PATIENT ADVOCACY |
LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY  WRITE TO CONGRESShttp://ww.patientadvocacy.org/main/index.html World Medical Association Declaration on the Abuse of the Elderly Adopted by the 41st World Medical Assembly Hong Kong, September 198 |
| ETHICS |
| MedEthEx Exercises in Medical Ethics and Communication Skills http://library.mcphu.edu/dept/medethic/ STUDY OF ETHICS IN MEDICINESurinder K. Kad, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., C.M.C.M. "Get out of my Emergency Room": Competency and substituted judgement in critical care.Presented by David Crippen: |
| MEDICAL FACTS ON AGING FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PHYSICIANS True or False Quiz Aging Successfully Age old problemsDOT PHARMACY |
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