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Why Is iPhone's Siri Hiding Abortion Info? 10 Things the Device Will Help You Get Instead of Abortion

Megan Carpentier, Raw Story. November 29, 2011.

Siri, the new iPhone 4 assistant, may struggle to help you find a legitimate abortion clinic, but ask where to bury a dead body or get a blow job, and she's got loads of ideas.

Infection: How Hospitals Are Breeding Grounds for Superbugs You've Never Even Heard Of

Anneli Rufus, AlterNet. October 19, 2011.

We don't think of hospitals as places where we can get sick. But that's what they are, far more commonly than the healthcare industry wants us to know.

Why Is Norway the Best Place to Be a Mother and the U.S. the Worst? Abortion Access

Carole Joffe, RH Reality Check. June 8, 2011.

Norway, where abortion is freely available, subsidized by the government, and apparently not stigmatized, was recently named "the world's best place to be a mother."

Hospitals Ravaged by Recession Pile More Work on Staff

Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes. February 10, 2010.

Hospitals are strapping on more work, skimping on training and trying to stuff contract concessions through. And the health-care reform bill could make things worse

Architects of Healthcare Reform Face Critical Shortage of Primary Care Docs

Christopher Moraff, The Philadelphia Tribune. July 14, 2009.

America is suffering from a serious lack of primary care doctors. And if you think things are bad now, just wait.

How to Stop the Looming Depression Without Lining Fat-Cat CEOs' Pockets

Mike Davis, TomDispatch.com. November 19, 2008.

We are now at a crash site, and our priority should be to save the victims. Here's how we do that.

Hospitals' Lessons From Hurricane Gustav

Sheri Fink, ProPublica. September 5, 2008.

The pre-storm medical evacuation -- the largest in American history -- revealed some critical flaws in American hospitals.

No Wonder Our Hospitals Are a Disaster -- People with Marketing Degrees Are Running Them

Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. August 15, 2008.

Business school graduates have replaced doctors and public health experts as CEOs of hospitals, often at patients' expense.

Why Some Hospitals Are Allowing Unnecessary Suffering

Maggie Mahar -- BAD, DON'T USE, Health Beat. May 17, 2008.

Easing pain is arguably as important as saving a life. But far too many U.S. physicians focus only on the latter.

Will Your Community Lose Its Hospital?

Anna Kirsch, Jim Anderson, AlterNet. October 17, 2007.

Why community hospitals are closing all across the United States and yours could be next.

How Hospitals Systematically Harm People

Kim Ridley, Ode. October 10, 2007.

Visiting the hospital is supposed to heal people, but it's hard to get better in a place that uses toxic chemicals and serves processed food. Is change on the way?

The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America

Katherine S. Newman, Victor Tan Chen, Beacon Press. September 6, 2007.

Hospital patients in low income communities often receive second-rate care -- even when they are insured.

On a Sick Planet, Hospitals Must Go Green

Stacy Malkan, Conscious Choice. March 19, 2007.

Health care officials are finally recognizing that a cleaner, greener hospital keeps the whole community well.

Same-Sex Partners Finally Get Hospital Visitation Rights With New Federal Rule

Same-Sex Partners Finally Get Hospital Visitation Rights With New Federal Rule

Lauren Kelley, AlterNet December 31, 1969.


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