From the category archives:

Hospitals

Comparing Hospital Safety to Airplane Safety….

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on July 22, 2011

Clearly, it is time to put hospitals on airplanes to make them safer… Hospitalization More Hazardous Than Flying On A Plane July 22, 2011 Medical News Today – It is more dangerous to go to hospital than to fly on a plane, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which estimates that millions of patients [...]

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Most Dangerous Medical Time: Care Transition

by Dr. Stephen Parker (Article selection and Commentary) on October 22, 2010

Physicians who work with geriatrics have my vote for an under-appreciated speciality… Dr. Lachs spotlights a vulnerable time in hospital care… After a heart attack, the last thing I wanted to do was leave the hospital… This was the most anxiety I had ever dealt with in my life; the hospital felt like the only [...]

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