State Boards Turn Blind Eye to FDA-Sanctioned Docs

Dozens got warning letters for serious ethical lapses, but nearly all faced no state discipline

States of Disgrace: A Flawed System Fails to Inform the Public

Yearlong investigation identifies 500 doctors who elude consequences

Every physician has heard the horror stories.

Stories about doctors who sexually harass patients, bungle surgeries, or ignore complications in patients who then die. And what's more, they can get away with it by taking advantage of lags and gaps in the medical licensing system. By hopping state lines, or having a fistful of licenses issued by different states, they can continue to practice wherever the grass is greenest.

Tennessee nurse pleads guilty in $65.7M telemedicine fraud scheme

A nurse practitioner pleaded guilty Nov. 27 to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for her role in a $65.7 million scheme that involved prescribing expensive compounded medications to Tricare beneficiaries, according to the Department of Justice.

As part of her guilty plea, Candace Craven, NP, admitted she conducted sham telemedicine evaluations that resulted in the prescription of the compounded medications to patients she never examined in person.

Euthanasia debate: Is there dignity in death, or does palliative care kill?

As debate rages about whether euthanasia should be legalised, a palliative care expert is urging MPs to spare a thought for doctors who would have to carry out the act.

For Dr Ian Gwynne-Robson, medical director of Te Omanga Hospice in Lower Hutt, the idea of having to kill someone flies in the face of the medical commandment "first, do no harm". That's why, since the End of Life Choice Bill was introduced, he has been a vocal opponent.

He says he is acting as a voice of the patients whom the legislation is most likely to affect.

Nurse thought they gave patient something to ‘relax.’ It was execution drug, report says

Nurse thought they gave patient something to ‘relax.’ It was execution drug, report says

A nurse at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center thought they were giving a frightened patient “something to help (them) relax.” Instead, the nurse mistakenly administered a fatal dose of a drug sometimes used to execute condemned prisoners, WTVF reported.

You Have The Right To Live The Choice Is Yours

You Have The Right To Live The Choice Is Yours

Individuals with disabilities, the elderly and the terminal have the right to provider support that is free from policies and procedures that are restrictive and limiting in nature and/or impose restraints to control symptoms and behaviors, denying them life-supporting options.

Our intent is to change public opinion on an individual’s right to die, also called a death with dignity or physician assisted death, and instead focus on ones right to live out their lives to the fullest regardless of disability, age or co-morbid conditions.

​This includes advocating for behavior and safety supports for these individuals, especially when they cannot voice for themselves; instead of using chemical and physical restraints as symptom and behavior controls, or denying provider support in effort to usher in a patient's right to die under a manipulated death practice used in the dying field.

BreakPoint: Assisted Suicide and Manipulating the Vulnerable A Cautionary Tale from Down Under

BreakPoint: Assisted Suicide and Manipulating the Vulnerable

A Cautionary Tale from Down Under

No matter what advocates claim, in the end, assisted suicide will eventually lead to the most vulnerable among us being pressured to die.

Graham Morant, a 68-year-old man from Australia, was recently convicted by a Queensland court and sentenced to ten years in prison. His crime was counseling his wife to commit suicide.