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By Mary Louise Ashur, MD “I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel.” This is an excerpt from The Hippocratic Oath – the oath that guides my practice as a...
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By Holly Fernandez Lynch Next Tuesday, those of us registered in Massachusetts will have the opportunity to vote on “Question 2″ – prescribing medication to end life, otherwise known as...
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By Frank de Libero Besides state and higher-level health care expenditures, county level HCE are useful, integral really. For example, to promote the Triple Aim (the best care for the whole population...
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By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD In a beautiful community on the Olympic peninsula, just north of where I live and practice, it happened again; another private clinic sold to a large medical corporation. Peninsula...
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By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD A few weeks ago, I saw a young patient who was suffering from an ear infection. It was his fourth visit in eight weeks, as the infection had proven resistant to an escalating...
View ArticleVote No On Physician-Assisted Suicide
By Mary Louise Ashur, MD “I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel.” This is an excerpt from The Hippocratic Oath – the oath that guides my practice as a...
View ArticlePhysician Assisted Suicide in Massachusetts
By Holly Fernandez Lynch Next Tuesday, those of us registered in Massachusetts will have the opportunity to vote on “Question 2″ – prescribing medication to end life, otherwise known as...
View ArticleLetting the Data Speak: Estimating County Health Care Costs In Washington State
By Frank de Libero Besides state and higher-level health care expenditures, county level HCE are useful, integral really. For example, to promote the Triple Aim (the best care for the whole population...
View ArticleYou’ve Got Facility Fees!
By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD In a beautiful community on the Olympic peninsula, just north of where I live and practice, it happened again; another private clinic sold to a large medical corporation. Peninsula...
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