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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation In Philadelphia, Malpractice Awards have 'Gone Haywire' Recent verdicts trouble insurance experts and drive out good doctors, many say. 12/10/2000 By Karl Stark Reprinted with permission of The Philadelphia Inquirer The case was heartbreaking. A baby girl born so premature, she could fit in the palm of her mother's hand. The surgeon, who operated to seal a blood vessel meant to close naturally after birth, could not find the…

Kaiser Media Fellowships program sitevisit to Menlo Park, CA:Thursday, January 24-Tuesday, January 29, 2002 Accommodations: The Stanford Park Hotel, 100 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025(Tel: 650-322-1234; fax: 650-322-0975) Thursday, January 24 6:30pm: Meet in hotel lobby 7:00pm: Dinner, Left at Albuquerque 445 Emerson Road, Palo Alto (Tel: 650-326-1011) Friday, January 25 --Health/business issues 8:15am: Depart hotel for Kaiser Foundation 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park (Tel: 650-854-9400: fax: 650-854-4800) 8:30am: Buffet breakfast-Quadrus Conference…

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2000 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program First Meeting of 2000 Fellows and Fellowship Program Advisory CommitteeWednesday, September 27--Friday, September 29, 2000Hotel Accommodations: The Stanford Park Hotel, 100 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025(Tel: 650-322-1234; fax: 650-322-0975) Wednesday, September 27 6:40pm: Meet in hotel lobby 7:00pm: Dinner, 40 Tevis Place, Palo Alto Thursday, September 28 8:00am: Depart hotel by van for Kaiser Foundation 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park (Tel:…

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Continuing Fight on Capitol Hill over a Patients Bill of Rights 05/11/2000 Anchor: Bob Edwards; Reporter: Joe Palca Reprinted with permission of National Public Radio To listen to this segment, please visit the NPR web site. This is NPR's MORNING EDITION. I'm Bob Edwards. President Clinton today is meeting with congressional negotiators at the White House to try to break the stalemate over a Patients Bill of Rights. Last…

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: The Sex-Ed Divide by Sharon Lerner The Sex-Ed Divide by Sharon Lerner Reprinted with permission of The American ProspectVolume 12, Issue 17. September 24 - October 8 2001 If Maple Grove Senior High chose a prom queen, Ashley Gort would have had a good shot at the crown. Ashley, a petite and popular junior with delicate features, wore deep-sea blue to the event, accessorizing her fully beaded gown with…

Medicine as a Luxury by Merrill Goozner Reprinted with permission of The American ProspectVolume 13, Issue 1. January 1 - 14 2002 It's generally recognized that people have the right to eat. When famine breaks out, relief agencies rush food to the hungry. Politics and war may get in the way (indeed, they are often the causes of the famine). Sometimes relief efforts are too small or come too late. But the advanced industrial world…

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2000 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program The 2000 Kaiser Media Fellows visited Cuba for a weeklong series of briefings on the Cuban healthcare system, please see below for detailed program schedule. For a reporter's perspective and video on the visit, click here to see Mason Essif's work--A Reporter's Notebook. The Cuban Healthcare System: Saturday, April 21- Wednesday, May 2, 2001 Havana accommodation (April 21-28, and April 30-May 2): Hotel Presidente, Avenue de los Presidentes y Calzada,…