Black patients, according to a study reported recently, although having similar end-of-life discussions with their physicians, do not seem to have their preferences fulfilled unlike white patients.

The quality of care that resident physicians in the U.S. provide could be subjected only in a limited way to research for the lack of a comparison group.

The growing use of rapid response teams dispatched by hospitals to evaluate patients whose conditions have suddenly deteriorated may be masking systemic

Patients who have had acute appendicitis have not been affected by a delay of 12 hours or more in having an appendectomy,states a report.

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Research indicates that more than 80% of hospitalized patients suffer more severe pain than necessary.

This is the conclusion of Christoph Maier (Bochum

Young doctors fail to look after themselves and ignore the Biblical exhortation, “Physicial, heal thyself”,reveals a new study.

In a research letter

The central cause of avoidable harm to patients in hospitals, in a senior UK doctor’s opinion, is diagnostic error.

Gordon Caldwell, a consultant

The first case of an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” that surfaced in South Asia and has triggered a global health alert has been detected in Japan.

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When patients use cannabis for medicinal purposes, nurses have a responsibility to respect and support such patients; it is imperative that they stay

High bed occupancy
and emergency department (ED) overcrowding are bad for patients, staff and the
system itself, according to an editorial in the iMedical Journal of
Australia.