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• - An article about nationalizing America's healthcare system.
  
• - Argues that more emphasis should be given to personal freedom over public health, using the example of alcohol.
  
• - From the New England Journal of Medicine. "Currently, after a drug is approved for marketing, we rely on a voluntary reporting system based on the assumption that a drug is safe... It is remarkable that at a time when the technology for collecting an
  
• - Legal Information on medical malpractice lawsuits.
  
• - International human-rights standards can help point a useful direction while we prepare ourseleves to face a new public-health challenge that has come to the fore in the fight against AIDS.
  
• - Articles explore the Medicare bill and its drug plan, the imported drug controversy, stem cell research, and the Administration's policy for the uninsured.
  
• - An examination of asbestos, its effects on the human body, the state of mesothelioma treatments, and pending legislation on asbestos issues.
  
• - Facts sheets explaining attempts to legitimize negligent or incompetent conduct by health care providers.
  
• - This site, in data graphic form, shows U.S. live expectancy trends and health care spending compared to other nations, raising challenging questions today and looking forward.
  
• - Paper on the managerial takeover of clinical practice, and how the process of medical science is distorted by politics and dubious trendy theories.
  
• - Most primary care providers will have a network of colleagues they can recommend specialty services. Article says your health care needs are best met when your care is coordinated between your primary care provider and your specialists. From Health4her.co