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“Glowing” report details care for Etta James

A physician who reviewed the medical records of ailing singer Etta James gave a “glowing” account of her care by a live-in doctor, it was disclosed during a court hearing Monday in Riverside. Attorney Pamela Valencia, who represents the “At Last” singer in a probate dispute between Etta James’ husband and a son from a Keep Reading…

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Alliance Defense Fund saves lives of the medically vulnerable

I reported on Friday that Rachael Nyirahaabiyambere was back on a feeding tube by court order. I can now report that the ADF has–once again–leaped into the breach to help a family whose loved one was threatened with dehydration–just as it did in the Jesse Ramirez case.  In doing so, it has attempted to bring Keep Reading…

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Indigent straining mental care system

Bexar County’s public and private psychiatric hospitals are swamped by a rising number of indigent mentally ill patients seeking emergency room or inpatient services, according to a study of local providers. In the most detailed countywide analysis ever, the study found that from July to December 2009, one-third of the nearly 13,000 psychiatric patients treated sought Keep Reading…

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Hospital looks to public guardian in Baby Joseph case

Canadian Family Fights to Keep Boy’s Breathing Tube in Place February 22, 2011 FoxNews.com http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/22/canadian-family-fights-babys-beathing-tube-place/ The Canadian family of a 13-month-old boy clinging to life support has defied a court order to remove the boy’s breathing tube and now is looking to an American hospital for what experts say would be a miracle recovery. The Keep Reading…

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Man’s death brings resolution to guardianship dispute

For Al Barnes, death arrives before a long-fought verdict The patient at the center of a battle between his wife and doctors died at Methodist. Jeremy Olson February 14, 2011 StarTribune.com http://www.startribune.com/local/west/116204949.html The bitter court case over the medical care of Al Barnes ended Monday morning when the 85-year-old Scandia man died in his bed Keep Reading…

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