http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/stories/person/7643 Stories and external links referencing a person (RSS) en http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/dramatic-increase-er-waiting-time-seriously-ill-patients <!--paging_filter--><p>Patients of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic status are facing ever-increasing waits for care in emergency rooms, according to a study published online today&nbsp; by the journal <a title="" href="http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.27.2.w84v1">Health Affairs</a>. The problem is particularly acute for those who are severely ill, <a title="" href="http://www.hms.harvard.edu">Harvard Medical School</a> researchers at <a title="" href="http://www.cha.harvard.edu/">Cambridge Health Alliance</a> found.</p><p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/medicine-health/articles/dramatic-increase-er-waiting-time-seriously-ill-patients">read more</a></p> Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:21:19 -0500 404132862 20072 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/culture-society/articles/survey-med-students-ill-prepared-ethical-issues-faced-wartime <!--paging_filter--><p>A new survey of U.S. medical students shows they receive little training about what they should or should not do in wartime, despite ethical questions over physician involvement in prisoner interrogation and a legal framework making a “<a title="" href="http://www.usmedicine.com/article.cfm?articleID=872&amp;issueID=63">doctor draft</a>” possible. </p><p><a href="http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/culture-society/articles/survey-med-students-ill-prepared-ethical-issues-faced-wartime">read more</a></p> Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:24:17 -0400 404132862 7640 at http://harvardscience.harvard.edu