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Re:Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on ... by tomxor on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @07:52AM (#25441917)
Ouch. This reminds me of the problems nurses faced in the 80s as described in "Pragmatic Thinking and Learning". From that book it made it sounds as thought the issues were mostly historic, I guess there have been a number of different battles fought.
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Re:Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on ... by Privacy846 on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:43AM (#25443885)
/delted/
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Re:Elderly patients 23% more likely to die if surgery is on ... by danpalmer on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @10:53AM (#25444018)
Well it was about this. Empowering them against surgeons in a position of power is still empowerment.
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