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Rights of People with Disabilities are Not Being Promoted

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[06/02/2012] Historic legal rulings did not protect the rights of persons with disabilities, while legal rulings concerned with race or gender provided much more protection of individual rights and freedoms according to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Queen's University. Rights of People with Disabilities are Not Being Promoted - read more

Death Rate Measure Used to Judge Hospital Quality May Be Misleading

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[04/01/2012] Hospitals, health insurers and patients often rely on patient death rates in hospitals to compare hospital quality. Now a new study by researchers at Yale School of Medicine questions the accuracy of that widely used approach and supports measuring patient deaths over a period of 30 days from admission even after they have left the hospital. Death Rate Measure Used to Judge Hospital Quality May Be Misleading - read more