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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.

The Startling Truth About Doctors and Diagnostic Errors

Maggie Mahar, Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. June 19, 2008.

Diagnostic errors happen at alarming rates but remain underdiscussed. Doctors' overconfidence is just one reason why.

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.

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