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Putting the Information Back into Informed Consent and Refusal

Health providers must provide adequate information regarding the risks and benefits for informed consent to take place through shared decision-making.

‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic

BOGALUSA, La. — Less than a mile from a century-old mill that sustained generations in this small town north of New Orleans, 19-year-old Tajdryn...

Dying Because of Medical Disbelief Shouldn’t Happen in the 21st Century

People often ridicule, debunk, and dismiss an all-too-common syndrome, resulting in deaths due to ignorance.