By Clare Wilson Decisions on end of life care are being rushed due to the coronavirus outbreakVincent Kalut / Photonews via Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic is forcing people to confront dilemmas around how much medical care should be given at the end of life. The emergency situation means doctors and patients are having to…
7.36M Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Sign in Like this video? Sign in to make your opinion count. Sign in Don't like this video? Sign in to make your opinion count. Sign in Published on Apr 17, 2020Millions of Americans stuck at home means that…
Less than a month after returning from a Brooklyn beer festival, Daniel Bisset Jr. lay near death in a medically induced coma, unaware the virus that put him there had claimed his fathers life and sent his mother to the same Geisinger intensive care unit. Li…
ordered an investigation into complaints that county officials had failed to follow up on several reports of abuse or neglect at the Unity Center for Behavioral Health. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office did not find reason to press criminal charges against any county employees.Kafoury acknowledged the harm that may have been done to clients…
It's not unusual to hear patients screaming and crying at Western State Hospital, workers say. But lately, they say it's been worse than normal at the massive psychiatric facility just south of Tacoma, Washington.Since COVID-19 hit the hospital a month ago, its Victorian-era buildings have felt "eerie" and "strange," according to workers.The art room is…