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HOSPITALS PUT NEW FOCUS ON PAIN CONTROL; HAILED AS POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE TO EUTHANASIA.(Brief Article)
Beginning January 1, 2001, the accrediting authority for the nation's hospitals is requiring hospitals regularly to measure how much pain patients are experiencing. This treats pain as the "fifth vital sign" along with blood pressure, temperature, pulse, and respiration.
This requirement will push physicians and hospital personnel to attend to the need effectively to control each patient's pain.
"One of the principal reasons why some in the general public are initially sympathetic to the idea of euthanasia or assisting suicide is their fear of pain," commented Burke J. Balch, Director of NRLC's Department of Medical Ethics. "We know that at the frontiers of modern medicine it is possible to control all physical pain, but that too frequently ...
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ST. PAUL, Minn. _ Pain suddenly has become a big deal in hospitals. Nurses and doctors are being trained in pain-control practices and, in turn, are asking patients about their pain far more often. Patients are being given brochures...
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- Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business robaton, anna November 20, 2000 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Same-Day Surgery November 1, 2002 700+ words
Hospitals put priority on outpatient surgery Renovations add convenience in order to compete Inconvenient parking. Not easy to find. No comfortable...
- Detroit hospitals put their disaster plans to the test.
- Newspaper article from: Hospital Peer Review December 1, 2002 700+ words
Detroit hospitals put their disaster plans to the test 11 area hospitals participated in smallpox drill Hospitals are paying much more attention to their...
- Hospitals 'put targets before safety'.
- News wire article from: Independent Television News Limited (ITN) July 4, 2009 700+ words
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- Hospitals put on high alert.
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International February 1, 2006 700+ words
Islamabad, February 01 (PPI): The Capital hospitals have been put on high alert owing to Moharram ul Haram to meet any emergency situation. In this connection, the leaves of the doctors and paramedics of the government hospitals have been cancelled and they have been directed to be alert round the
- Hospitals put little stock in hoarding for the new year.
- Magazine article from: Healthcare Purchasing News Williamson, Julie E. October 1, 1999 700+ words
With less than three months until the new year, most health care facilities are preparing themselves without stockpiling products or draining the supply chain, sources told Healthcare Purchasing News. That may come as a surprise to some, considering medical-supply hoarding has been a primary
Source: HighBeam Research, HOSPITALS PUT NEW FOCUS ON PAIN CONTROL; HAILED AS POSITIVE...