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Doctors, Stop ‘Friending’ Patients on Facebook

By Ashik Siddique | Apr 11, 2013 11:07 PM EDT

New recommendations advise doctors and patients to avoid “friending” each other on Facebook and communicating online without strict limits. How can physicians use social networking sites without breaking down trust and professional boundaries?

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Hospitals Harvesting Organs From Patients That Doctors Were Pressured to Declare Brain Dead: Lawsuit

By Christine Hsu | Sep 26, 2012 12:31 PM EDT

New York hospitals are routinely "harvesting" body parts from patients before they're even dead, a lawsuit is claiming.

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Docs, Nurses May Overestimate Quality of Their Care

By Andrew M. Seaman | Sep 05, 2012 09:24 AM EDT

Doctors and nurses may overestimate the quality of the care they provide hospital patients in the hours leading up to a serious complication.

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