We might like to think of hospitals as safe havens for the sick and injured, but because these healthcare facilities…
In most affluent countries, maternal mortality rates decline year after year. In Britain for instance, mortality rates among mothers are…
Since the early 20th century, it’s been standard practice for physicians to clamp and cut the umbilical cord of a…
Every state has some form of malpractice legislation on the books, but approaches to medical malpractice laws vary significantly from…
Recent healthcare headlines might be dominated by the GOP’s proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act, but there’s something else…
When physicians commit potentially-dangerous medical errors, it’s up to the healthcare facilities that employ them to log detailed incident reports…