http://dir.salon.com/topics/hospitals/?source=rss&aim=hospitals en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/24/avoiding_the_doctor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/24/avoiding_the_doctor/index.html?source=rss I waited too long for my diagnosis: Whence such perversity? Childhood fears By Aruna Viswanatha Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/03/india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/03/india/index.html?source=rss My cheap, fast and effective treatment in New Delhi reminded me of everything wrong with American healthcare By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/12/drinking_surgeon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/12/drinking_surgeon/index.html?source=rss He's hiding drinks and breaking things, and I don't know what to say By Laura Miller Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/06/hospital/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/05/06/hospital/index.html?source=rss This fascinating portrait of a Brooklyn, N.Y., hospital is about much more than white coats and beeping consoles -- it's 21st-century America in a microcosm. By Carol Lloyd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/15/healthcare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/15/healthcare/index.html?source=rss A study reveals a gender bias in intensive care treatment. By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/22/laughter_in_the_dark/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/22/laughter_in_the_dark/index.html?source=rss He thought he'd be returning home to die. But she just strung him along until he was gone. By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/19/escaped_death/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/08/19/escaped_death/index.html?source=rss Should I try to return to life as it was before, or should I set out on adventures? By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/03/migraines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/03/migraines/index.html?source=rss I need help dealing with these migraines or I don't know if I'll make it! By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/06/ovarian/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/02/06/ovarian/index.html?source=rss I moved to Colorado but could move back if I had to. By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/16/doctors/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/16/doctors/index.html?source=rss My wife and I could live anywhere and have great success as doctors, but my mother and sister are ill and need help at home. By Cary Tennis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/03/sick_friend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/10/03/sick_friend/index.html?source=rss I was fed up with this woman. Then she got her diagnosis. By Sallie Tisdale Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/04/tv_hospitals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/04/04/tv_hospitals/index.html?source=rss In "House," impossibly gorgeous physicians miraculously diagnose rare diseases in every episode. Where I work as a nurse, in the Ordinary Hospital, sometimes there's not even a doctor in the house. By David Puner Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/03/06/stewart_on_walter_reed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/misc/2007/03/06/stewart_on_walter_reed/index.html?source=rss Welcome home ... to hell. By Carol Lloyd Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/09/hatch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/09/hatch/index.html?source=rss Anonymous baby hatches save the lives of unwanted infants -- but what about those infants' desperate mothers? By Lynn Harris Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/21/ma_no_more_free_formula/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/21/ma_no_more_free_formula/index.html?source=rss Hospitals to stop sending new moms home with formula freebies. By Brandon Sprague and Adam Shemper Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/08/28/babies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/08/28/babies/index.html?source=rss Babies die daily of treatable diseases while their doctors search for black-market drugs, because the U.S can't fix Iraq's corrupt, crime-plagued health system. By Ferry Biedermann Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/22/army/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/22/army/index.html?source=rss Nobody knows how many thousands of Iraqi soldiers were killed -- and the U.S. doesn't seem eager to let reporters find out. By Aran Kadar Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/02/26/essays/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/02/26/essays/index.html?source=rss "My Dead Relative," "My After-School Special," "Boo-Hoo" and other essays that might get you a job after medical school. By Jeff Drayer Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/05/internship/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/06/05/internship/index.html?source=rss This summer thousands of med school graduates will be unleashed on unsuspecting patients, and I know why the public should be scared. By Elissa Schappell Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/04/20/pills/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/04/20/pills/index.html?source=rss I have a well-chosen capsule for every occasion. By Jeff Drayer Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/27/resuscitate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/27/resuscitate/index.html?source=rss Even after doing it hundreds of times, it's never easy to ask someone whether they want you to let them die. By James B. Stewart Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/log/1999/12/01/stewart_op_ed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/log/1999/12/01/stewart_op_ed/index.html?source=rss The code of silence in hospitals allows deadly mistakes to happen, but some simple reforms could help. By Jon Bowen Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/11/17/medical_future/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/11/17/medical_future/index.html?source=rss Medical scientists predict technologies such as animal-to-human organ transplants and toilets that send info to your doctor. By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/10/22/dead/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/10/22/dead/index.html?source=rss Scorsese's manic, well-acted paramedic pic needs a fast ride back to the E.R. By Fran Gordon Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/health/books/1999/10/20/paisley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/books/1999/10/20/paisley/index.html?source=rss An excerpt from a powerful novel about how disease affects body and soul.