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...academic studies over the past decade have shown that in many cases, victims are more likely to sue their medical provider if they feel he or she has not been sufficiently compassionate and communicative. Although she's not a scientific researcher, Jennifer Dingman of Pueblo, Colo., knows that firsthand. Soon after her mother died in 1995 at age 78 as a result of a series of misdiagnoses and medication errors, Dingman started a patient-advocacy organization called PULSE, or Persons United Limiting Substandards and Errors in health care. "In every scenario, people who have filed lawsuits wish they hadn...
...write about American foreign policy, so I thought I could benefit from getting some firsthand exposure to the congressional side of policy-making,” Power said...
...Fortune.com • The July 7 London Blasts: A Firsthand Account A FORTUNE editor finds himself on a bus right behind the one that was bombed today...
...member of the U.S. merchant marine who has been sailing to China regularly for the past six years, I greatly appreciated your report. I see firsthand not only the effects of trade but also its impact on the Chinese people. China has one of the oldest cultures as well as a young and optimistic work force that sees no limits. It is a nation of hope and vitality. We can only trust that China's leadership will steer the country wisely into the future. Ted C. Soderberg San Francisco...
...closest most tourists get to Aboriginal life is at a museum, or a didgeridoo purchased at a souvenir shop. That's why Gunya Titjikala (gunya.com.au) is such a welcome initiative. The country's first Aboriginal resort enables guests to live in a real desert community, absorbing local traditions firsthand...