By ANN POTEMPA Anchorage Daily News http://www.adn.com Lynn Stevens shuffled into the crafts room at Chester Park Senior Housing, which she calls home. She set her walker aside, sat down and pulled off her blue sneakers, baring feet worn from walking for nine decades. Dr. Donna Klecka picked both up in her hands and tended […]

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Wendy Levinson, MD University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine http://test.cybermed.it Studies in many countries have documented the frequency of medical errors that result in harm to patients. The patient safety movement calls for recognizing and reporting errors and correcting any underlying systemic defects to prevent similar errors in the future. Both within the medical profession […]

MIKE GLEASON, Staff Writer http://www.benningtonbanner.com “Effective communication is not an option,” according to clinical psychologist Bernard Bandman. “It’s a necessity.”

By CARLY HARRINGTON http://www.knoxnews.com/ Knoxville was still reeling from the World’s Fair when James Foster arrived here in 1982 to interview for a new medical scholarship program aimed at bringing more minority doctors to town.

Most women want to put off that dreaded once-a-year pelvic exam. Imagine volunteering to have one four times a week _ by a trembling novice doctor. By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer http://www.wkrn.com/nashville

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