In Flu Pandemic, Florida’s Hospitals May Exclude Certain Patients
by Sheri Fink, ProPublica - October 16, 2009 6:44 pm EDT
Florida health officials are drawing up guidelines that recommend barring patients with incurable cancer, end-stage multiple sclerosi … more…
Key Panel Presses for Clearer Guidance on Who Gets Scarce Resources in Major Medical Disasters
by Charles Ornstein and Sheri Fink, ProPublica - September 24, 2009 6:02 pm EDT
An influential panel of experts on Thursday pointed out serious gaps in planning for a public health disaster and called for clear na … more…
The Deadly Choices at Memorial
by Sheri Fink, ProPublica - August 27, 2009 9:00 am EDT
The smell of death was overpowering the moment a relief worker cracked open one of the hospital chapel’s wooden doors. Inside, mor … more…
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