The Checkup Archive: Bioethics
Do doctors rat on each other?
If a doctor knew that a colleague was incompetent, drunk or high on drugs, would they turn them in? A new survey has some disturbing answers to that question. Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston analyzed data from a nationally representative survey of 2,938 doctors practicing in the...
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Rob Stein
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July 14, 2010; 7:00 AM ET |
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Alcohol and Drugs
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Bioethics
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General Health
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Hospitals
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The Business of Health
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Face Transplant Sparks Debate
You've probably heard the news about the nation's first face transplant. But here's a quick recap: Yesterday, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic detailed an unprecedented 22-hour operation in which they transplanted about 80 percent of a dead woman's face onto the face of a woman whose face had suffered massive...
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Rob Stein
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December 18, 2008; 7:00 AM ET |
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Bioethics
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Organ Transplants
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