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Discussions tagged with patient rights on WindowsForum.com cover real-world cases where individuals or advocacy groups confront healthcare providers and institutions over ethical treatment and accountability. One thread examines the Harley Medical Group's refusal to cover replacement surgeries after faulty PIP breast implants, highlighting tensions between corporate responsibility and taxpayer burden. Another thread shares a report from CANHR, the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform, documenting neglect and over-medication of elderly residents in US nursing homes. These conversations reflect broader concerns about patient autonomy, informed consent, and the duty of care owed by medical professionals and facilities, particularly when vulnerable populations are involved.
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Harley Medical Group. Gotta Love em!!
After the collapse of PIP, a breast implant manufacturer that used industrial standard silicon for the implants, not clinical standard, now the Harley Medical Group cries wolf. Whilst I think that every woman who had breast implants for medical reasons should be immediately dealt with on the...- Elmer
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- accountability breast implants consumer protection corporate responsibility cosmetic surgery harley medical group health regulations healthcare healthcare costs implant controversy medical ethics medical standards nhs patient compensation patient rights patient safety pip implants surgery costs vanity surgery
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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CANHR: Stop Nursing Home Drugging
This was sent to me by one of our moderators Celestra, who has been on the site for some time. CANHR is the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform. CANHR, as an advocacy organization, and like many other sociological studies and investigations of nursing homes in the US, have found that...- Mike
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- advocacy antipsychotic drugs california care standards celestra community support drug misuse elder abuse elderly care healthcare human rights medical ethics mental health neglect nursing homes patient rights patient safety pharmaceuticals regulation
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- Forum: The Water Cooler