Dec 20 2010
The Dallas Morning News investigates issues of patients safety in the wake of sweeping efforts to reform the health system.
The Dallas Morning News: Lax Supervision Of Residents At U.S. Teaching Hospitals Puts Patients At Risk
A college freshman shaking with fever seeks help at a hospital. A disabled man struggling to breathe is rushed to the ER. A teenager suffers internal bleeding after surgery. All patients in great need. All treated by resident doctors-in-training, with little supervision. All dead after receiving substandard care (Moffeit, 12/19).
This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente. |