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Living Wills & DNR: Is Patient Safety Compromised?
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Do you have a Living Will? Do you know what it says? Could it be a danger to you? These are all important questions as the use of living wills and Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders are on the rise. Contrary to the theory that the more something is used the safer it becomes, these advance directives have been accused of compromising patient safety.
Living wills have received national attention as a health-care tool patients can use to communicate their personal wishes regarding treatment, but they have never been evaluated with respect to patient safety. The disconnect between patient safety and ...
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John Kenneth Galbraith, 97
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; ...County, NJ) 05-01-2006 John Kenneth Galbraith, 97 -- Economist, presidential...151; In the 1950s, John Kenneth Galbraith cautioned that corporations...said Parker, who wrote "John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics...
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John Kenneth Galbraith.(John Kenneth Galbraith, economist and public intellectual)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; John Kenneth Galbraith, economist and public intellectual, died on April 29th, aged 97 ABOVE a large oak bookcase in John Kenneth Galbraith's elegant sitting room in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a framed...
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Economist John Kenneth Galbraith Dies
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...Harvard economics professor John Kenneth Galbraith, newly appointed U.S...Galbraith said. (AP Photo) John Kenneth Galbraith, the Harvard professor who...of a 30-year-old. But John Kenneth Galbraith is not a usual man, and...
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Galbraith: an appreciation.(John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Nation
; John Kenneth Galbraith was famous long ago as America...s politics and media. Listen to Galbraith address such taboo subjects as corporate...observations is the publication of John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics...
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John Kenneth Galbraith.(Author, interview)
Magazine article from: The Progressive
; ...THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW John Kenneth Galbraith is one of the few who can...official citation said: "John Kenneth Galbraith has contributed immeasurably...plan to vote in November? John Kenneth Galbraith: Well, I've become accustomed...
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STATE DEPT.: JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH DEAD AT 97
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Washington File Staff Writer John Kenneth Galbraith, the public intellectual whose...insights of the British economist John Maynard Keynes and the American...school of economic thought. John Kenneth Galbraith was born October 15, 1908...
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WRITER JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH DIES AT 97 GIANT IN POLITICS AND ACADEMICS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; John Kenneth Galbraith, a towering figure in American intellectual...pronouncements notwithstanding, Dr. Galbraith's 30-some books were what made...hewn from stone. On page or stage, John Kenneth Galbraith was a formidable figure. His worldliness...
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Undismal scientist.(John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: National Review
; John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics, by Richard Parker...the narrative is interrupted by a raft of photographs. There is John Kenneth Galbraith stooping--always stooping, as if his great beak of a nose were...
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Unconventional wisdom; J.K. Galbraith.(John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics, by Richard Parker)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...you may think of his ideas, John Kenneth Galbraith has led an extraordinary life...was also because many of Mr Galbraith's ideas turned out to be...quite bring himself to admit. John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics...
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John Kenneth Galbraith: A Criticism-and an Appreciation
Magazine article from: Freeman
; Last April John Kenneth Galbraith died at the age of 97. Galbraith was one of America's most famous economists and a...including me, have had little use for the vast bulk of Galbraith's writing and thinking. This is understandable...
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