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- 9/23/2013
Pharmacist designs device to protect women during assault
As the number of sexual assaults in India reaches crisis level, women there have a new defensive weapon at their disposal. - 9/23/2013
Nurses union wanted inquest into death
Individuals who break the law and have a mental illness are often sent to forensic psychiatric hospital units. While many patients in these units are not violent, violence between patients is not an aberration. Nurses and other front-line hospital workers are also often the target of patient violence. - 9/23/2013
Press Review - September 24, 2013
Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>When the Patient is Racist. Read this and - 9/23/2013
When nurses become attached to their patients
Although nurses are taught to maintain emotional distance from patients, the "line between a professional and personal relationship with a patient can become blurred," RN Sarah Horstmann wrote on the New York Times' "Well" blog last week. - 9/23/2013
Editor's Note: Blurred lines
- 9/23/2013
Manitoba's quick health-care fix
They were touted as a way for folks with minor health ailments to avoid six- to eight-hour waits in hospital emergency rooms, but in the 18 months since the first Quick Care clinic opened on McGregor Street, the clinics -- staffed by nurses and nurse practitioners -- have largely operated below the public's radar. - 9/23/2013
Healthcare IT: Disaster-proofing health IT systems
Alberta’s recent floods showed why hospital systems need disaster protection. But what’s the best way to do it? - 9/23/2013
Personalized cancer care: The quest continues
Study suggests need for expanded biomarker testing in colorectal cancer