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What Legal Documents Do College Students Need?

Readying a child for college involves a lot of preparation. Trips to IKEA to furnish the dorm room, doctor visits for vaccinations and sports clearances, and a visit to your attorney to make sure your child has the necessary legal documents in place. If that last one had you saying “what?,” read on. Your 18 [...]

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Traveling Without The Kids This Summer?

Are you taking a vacation without your children this summer, even a weekend away? Make sure you have the proper documents in place so that whoever is caring for your children has the authority to obtain medical care for them in an emergency. Also, make sure that you leave detailed instructions about their medical history, [...]

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New Medical Students Learning to Care for Aging Patients

The Boston Globe has an article today about medical schools focusing on the care of the elderly.   Some of the course work includes a focus on hip fractures, drug costs, and discussing end of life issues with their patients.  The new emphasis on aging is part of a wave of change sweeping medical schools nationwide [...]

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Stories of Harm – Health Care Quality Videos

My friend and former colleague Nicola Truppin of Health Navigator Partners sent me the link to the Health Care for All blog which has a recent post about people who were harmed while getting medical treatment at prominent Boston hospitals, either through misdiagnoses, medical errors or preventable infections.  There are 3 videos – each 3 [...]

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