You beat cancer — now what?

Improvements in treating previously fatal cancers are creating new challenges: How to cope with the after-effects of cancer treatment. Read more

End-of-life care: What patients expect isn’t what they get

Few patients talk to their doctors about end-of-life care options — but they want to. That’s just one of many disparities in how patients want to handle their care. Read more

What really happens when patients and docs email each other?

More doctors are using email to communicate with patients — and now we have an idea what the typical exchange looks like. Read more

Hospital faces penalty for denying sign language interpreter to patient

Its failure to provide sign language interpreters for a deaf patient and his hard of hearing family members will cost one hospital. Read more

Patient ratings can predict hospitals’ performance

A new study indicates that patients’ online ratings of hospitals correlate to how well hospitals perform on measures of infection and death rates. Read more

Hospital offers apology, but still no kidney, after transplant was denied

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has released a statement apologizing to the family of a three-year old on whom it refused to perform a kidney transplant. Read more

Outrageous! Paramedics make dying man’s wife hitchhike to hospital

A patient’s wife claims the couple was treated outrageously after her husband suffered a fatal ski accident. Read more

Why did hospital deny gay spouse visitation rights?

A Maryland hospital is under fire after a patient and her family alleged that the hospital wouldn’t allow her same-sex partner to visit her. Read more

Heart dropped on ground used in (successful) transplant

Paging Dr. Butterfingers. Doctors in Mexico used a heart that had been dropped on the ground (literally) on its way to the hospital for transplantation. Read more

Mom claims hospital denied transplant over child’s disablity

Is an intellectual disability reason enough for an organ transplant to be denied? A developing case highlights the clash of several ethical dilemmas. Read more

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