Doctors 'deny elderly treatments'
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Doctors deny older people treatments they would offer younger patients, a study says.
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Texas officials argue that a new rule to disclose the size of their health care obligation to retirees does not apply to their state.
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Elderly cancer patients may be saddled with huge drug bills because some oncologists with slashed Medicare reimbursement rates are no longer purchasing drugs on their patients' behalf, a report from a patient advocacy group says.
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Doctors' pessimism is wrongly denying patients with chronic lung disease treatment, a study says.
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GPs could not believe the terms they were offered when negotiating their new contract, a doctor says.
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Terminally ill patients could be refused palliative care due to a funding crisis, hospices claim.
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French doctors tending to Yasser Arafat in a Paris military hospital said his condition had not changed Friday -- but refused to respond to unconfirmed information that the 75-year-old leader was brain dead and ...
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Hundreds of GP surgeries across the UK are "not fit for purpose", a study suggests.
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The elderly and those with chronic conditions may be put at risk because of delays in delivering flu jabs, GPs say.
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Â· Inquiry slams mis-prescribing of drugsÂ· Doctors 'ignoring official guidelines'
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Drug companies which fail to disclose the results of clinical trials are harming the treatment of cancer patients, doctors say.
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Patients are being put at risk because of the secrecy of drug companies which refuse to publish the results of clinical trials, it was claimed today.
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Private clinics doing NHS operations have not carried out all the treatment they have been paid for, figures show.
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Patients who fail to follow medical advice will not be penalised under a reformed NHS, minister says.
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Experts debate whether people at the end of life should be able to take experimental drug treatments.
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A study reveals most doctors do not believe changes to out-of-hours services have improved patient care.
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Many doctors believe they have the right not to tell patients about treatments that they object to on moral or religious grounds and to refuse to refer patients elsewhere for the care, according to the first study to examine physicians' views on such situations.