Costly compassion area hospitals lose millions treating indigent
John and Cathy faced mounting medical bills after Cathy’s 1984 lung cancer diagnosis, with no health insurance. Lorain County hospitals write off large charges as the uninsured swell, revealing rising uncompensated care across the Cleveland area.
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Glen
John
Cathy
Lorain County Human Services
Paul Balcom
Lorain Community Hospital
Lorain Community
Balcom
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lorain
EMH
Cleveland
Lorain County
AMA says doctors may withdraw life support feeding
The American Medical Association issued an ethics opinion allowing physicians to withdraw life supporting artificial feeding from patients in coma deemed hopeless. Written by the AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs, the ruling was released at a joint AMA Hastings Center conference on medical ethics.
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Ronald Kotulak
Chicago Tribune
New Orleans
American Medical Association
AMA Council On Ethical and Judicial Affairs
AMA
Hastings Center
New York
Leo M. Henikoff
Ama’s Ethics Council
Bush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
Chicago
New AMA opinion on withdrawing life prolonging treatment
The AMA ethics panel endorses honoring a patient's wish to discontinue artificial feeding in irreversible coma when prior consent exists or family agrees, noting no ethical breach if law allows. Critics warn of slippery slope with right to life groups urging bans in several states. Weather details follow.
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John Paris
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester
Mass
Henikoff
Notre Dame professor recalls Belfast girl shot by British troops
Law professor Charles Rice recounts a Belfast street killing in which a girl died from a plastic bullet fired by a British soldier. He notes the shot’s speed and prior debates over its use, and laments that even after hospital treatment the family faced arrest as the tragedy unfolded.
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Cleveland
Charles’ Rice
Belfast
Liverpool
Rice
Northern Ireland
Notre Dame
Emerald Isle
Hidden Rituals of Death Penalty Teams Across States
A profile of state execution squads detailing how Florida Nevada Idaho and California prepare and carry out capital punishment. It describes hooded or detached executioners trained for the act and the psychological distance maintained from the condemned. The piece notes legal challenges and public support for capital punishment despite debates over cruelty and dehumanization.
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California Supreme Court
Nevada
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