What Doctors Don't Tell YouPatients are still dying unnecessarily after routine operations, according to the third Report of the National Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths. ...
The number of pregnant women dying from hemorrhage or infection doubled in the three year period 1988-90, compared with 1985-7, according to the latest British statistics. Nearly half of those dea ...
More reasons to stay out of hospital. ...
We have now reached the point where, on balance, well meaning doctors in general practice and highly trained, well equipped specialists working in hospitals do more harm than good. Through a mixt ...
The following seven allies are your patient's package for reducing the chances of infections, complications, side effects and mistakes. They also hasten recovery. ... ...
As you may have noticed, we've been quoting Stephen Fulder a good deal lately in these pages. Fulder (author of How to be a Healthy Patient; Hodder & Stoughton) advocates a combination of the ...
NURSE, THE SCREENS: Hospitals are killing too many patients
