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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Oct. 31, 2014

Hospitals: just as fragile as a patient

Placing the modern hospital on a pedestal can be a dangerous move if we fail to recognize that the institution can be just as fragile as the patient, including a patient with Ebola hemorrhagic fever. By Craig B. Garner


By Craig B. Garner


The American hospital has evolved greatly over the past 100 years, from the almshouse once visited mainly by the desolate and poor as a last resort to that enigmatic, cutting edge institution which today forms the foundation of modern American health care. Advances in technology and medical science have transformed what were once terminal illnesses into minor health inconveniences, with the real battles against serious health threats typically ...

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