Julia Schopick, patient advocate and tell-it-like-it-is author, exposes a lack of objectivity in her three part series about research that gets published without disclosure. We patients are bombarded with news and information every day about health and medical research results. The points Julia makes can affect the care we receive, so it’s important for us […]
Medical Research: Is Objectivity Optional? Read More »
Sometimes my radio show conversations take a very unexpected turn — and yesterday’s post-air chat was no exception, although I have to say, this one surprised even me. I’ve been hearing stories from the dark side of medicine for more than 2-1/2 years, ever since I started by advocacy work. I thought I’d gotten a
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Max Alexander paints a very frightening portrayal of nighttime in the hospital in the June 2007 Reader’s Digest. There is nothing condensed about the appalling stories he tells which have resulted in death, damage, pain and long term trauma. The story was forwarded to me by Helen Haskell, one of “us” — patients and loved
Hospital Night Terrors – Condensed Read More »
(… and first a word from your moving-weary blogger…. sorry I’ve been away for so long! We moved during the past week and it was torture! I forgot how hard it is to move! But we are safely ensconced in our new home, and I’m back at it again: advocating, blogging, writing, teaching — anything
CCA’s Skolnik to Appear on Montel Read More »
… for every email I’ve received from friends, web visitors, blog readers, radio listeners regarding the man in England named John who was misdiagnosed with cancer, spent all his money, then found out he had no cancer afterall… Yes — the misdiagnosis story is my story, too, minus two major points: I didn’t spend all
Cancer Misdiagnosis: If I had a nickel…. Read More »
My heart is heavy this morning as I share sad news. Several months ago I wrote about my friend Paul, who had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had decided to refuse treatment so he could, instead, battle it his own way. I learned this morning that Paul has died, and my heart is broken.
Death, Dignity or Immorality, Peace Read More »
A few days ago I wrote about the cost to hospitals of letting their patients acquire an infection. Prior to finding that report, I had always kind of assumed (yeah, I know) that patients who got sicker from getting an infection while in the hospital wouldn’t financially affect a hospital one way or the other
MRSA and HAI update (Hospital Acquired Infections) Read More »
I spoke to a group called the Institute of Retired Professionals yesterday. My talk was entitled Ten Tools You Can Use to Improve Your Medical Care. I just love presenting to folks who ask intelligent questions and can quickly make the leap to how to use my healthcare-consumer based points. This group, sponsored by Syracuse
Adversarial? Cautionary Tale? Common Sense? Read More »
