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The House of Representatives and Senate passed differing versions of the proposed law. [13] Although both bills would have provided patients key rights, such as prompt access to emergency care and medical specialists , only the Senate-passed measure would provide patients with adequate means to enforce their rights. [ 11 ]
A hospital van dropped off a homeless paraplegic man on Skid Row and left him crawling in the street with nothing more than a soiled gown and a broken colostomy bag. Police said the incident was a case of "homeless dumping" and were questioning officials from the hospital. [30] Associated Press, October 25, 2006; Los Angeles.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa - a practising Catholic - asked the country's Constitutional Court to review the law on 18 February. [148] On 15 March, the top court ruled that the language of the law was imprecise in identifying the circumstances under which the procedures for administering euthanasia could occur and ...
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The Hill-Burton Act of 1946, which provided federal assistance for the construction of community hospitals, established nondiscrimination requirements for institutions that received such federal assistance—including the requirement that a "reasonable volume" of free emergency care be provided for community members who could not pay—for a period for 20 years after the hospital's construction.
However, scientific patient safety research by Annegret Hannawa, and others, has shown that ineffective communication can lead to patient harm. [29] [30] [31] Communication regarding patient safety can be classified into two categories: the prevention of adverse events and the response to adverse events. Effective communication can help in the ...
In some jurisdictions, laws authorizing court-ordered outpatient treatment have been passed in an effort to compel individuals with chronic, untreated severe mental illness to take psychiatric medication while living outside the hospital (e.g. Laura's Law, Kendra's Law). [16] [17]
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