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2013 Top Ranked Neurology and Neurosurgery Hospitals — For Adults and Children
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Every year, patients and potential patients alike, look forward to the U.S. News and World Report’s list of top ranking hospitals. Attached are links to their most current lists for Adult and Pediatric Neurology & Neurosurgery. This year, more 1,326 hospitals for adults are included. The top 50 are ranked and the rest are listed alphabetically.
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Children’s Brain Surgery…Preparing YOUR Child…
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There is no “welcome” sign to the world of childhood brain surgery. And the resulting combination of fear, shock, and pain is almost too much to bear.
No amount of preparation or knowledge can help to ease or minimize the situation.
But preparing a child for surgery emotionally, is one of the most important things you can do. Surgery, without proper explanations and preparation, can traumatize a child…
Tags: books, brain, children, doctors', emotions, explanations, fear, hospitals, knowledge, nurses, preparation, reassurances, surgery
2012 Top Ranked Neurology and Neurosurgery Hospitals in the U.S.
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Every year, patients and potential patients alike, look forward to the U.S. News & World Report’s impartial list of top ranking hospitals. Attached is a link to their most current list for best Neurology and Neurosurgery services. This year, more than 1,300 hospitals are included. The top 50 are ranked and the rest are listed alphabetically.
Criteria for the survey was: reputation among specialists, nursing staffing, and patient survival. Also considered was technology, patient safety, and patient services.
Here are the first ten…
Tags: Epilepsy, hospitals, neurology, neurosurgery, top ranked
Epilepsy Alert: Hospital Horrors
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Malpractice, negligence, arrogance. The doctor’s oath of “DO NO HARM,” seems to have been forgotten.
Instead of humane and compassionate treatment, hospitals are treating epilepsy patients with little or no regard for their condition…
Tags: abuse, danger, death, Epilepsy, hospitals, malpractice, misdiagnosed, trauma
Epilepsy Abuse
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Instead of humane and compassionate treatment, some hospitals are treating epilepsy patients with little or no regard for their condition.
Here are some chilling examples:
* A Dearborn doctor falsely diagnosed hundreds of kids with epilepsy and was richly compensated ($350,000 extra!) for “bringing business to the hospital.” Many of the children were put on dangerous drugs that made them sleepy and in some cases suicidal.
* A British man was abused by Christian Brothers, and locked in a mental hospital for 33 years as an epileptic.
* A woman in Pittsburgh was handcuffed, shackled and restrained during an epileptic seizure because the police suspected her of being on cocaine…
Hospitals Criticized For Keeping Quiet On Charity Care
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From NPR by Julie Appleby
“Too many nonprofit hospitals fail to adequately publicize their charity-care programs, two advocacy groups say in a survey report released today…
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