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Health Care & Hospital Law

Apr. 18, 2000

Doctor Accuses Cedars-Sinai of Hastening Deaths

A geriatric rheumatologist and internist who, until a few months ago, held privileges at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for 10 years, is accusing the prominent hospital of ending patients' lives and assisting suicides by forcing "Do Not Resuscitate" orders on ailing patients - often for financial reasons and without first consulting the patients' primary care physicians.

By Anne La Jeunesse
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        A geriatric rheumatologist and internist who, until a few months ago, held privileges at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for 10 years, is accusing the prominent hospital of ending patients' lives and assisting suicides by forcing "Do Not Resuscitate" orders on ailing patients - often for financ...

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