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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Journal Hopes Stomach-Churning Essay Will Spur Change



Medscape
 
This week’s issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine includes a disturbing essay that recounts two incidents of abuse or disrespect of unconscious patients. The journal’s editors say they hope it will disturb readers, who may recall similar behaviors, and spur change.
The essay is published anonymously, in only the second instance the journal has ever allowed an author to remain unknown. In both cases, the intent was to avoid unintentional identifications, especially of patients.....

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