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No bull: Marketing lessons from the ER
When a blogger took their four-year-old daughter to a local emergency room for a bad cough, they found all the care...
Magazine: Five Minute Consult
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New York boy on life support in Washington, DC, dies
The legal battle over whether to keep a 12-year-old New York boy on life support at Children’s National Medical...
Judge delays decision on removing life support at DC hospital
A judge has heard arguments in the case of a 12-year-old boy who was declared dead by Washington, DC-based...
Deported in a coma, saved back in United States
The American healthcare system often haphazardly handles cases involving uninsured immigrants who are gravely injured...
Parents reject doctors' stand on boy with brain tumor
The struggle between Washington, DC-based Children’s National Medical Center and the parents of a 12-year-old boy...
Washington, DC, hospital sues to remove boy, 12, from life support
The family of a 12-year-old New York City boy is entangled in a legal fight with Washington, DC-based Children’s...
In some cultures, cancer stirs shame
With ethnic minorities and immigrants fast becoming the collective U.S. majority, there is a push in medical circles to...
Young patients act out procedures to help come to terms with their treatments
To help children come to terms with their treatment, hospitals across the country are having young patients act out...
Life and death: Helping families on the big questions
Although medical-ethics teams are increasingly the arbiters of agonizing health decisions, there are questions about...