A ‘Barbaric’ Problem in American Hospitals Is Only Getting Bigger
Patients are getting stuck in the emergency department for days while waiting for a spot in an inpatient ward.
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Illustration by Isabel Seliger / Sepia Pain Doesn’t Belong on a Scale of Zero to 10
A popular scale for measuring pain doesn’t work, but medicine still has no better alternative.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani GoFundMe Is a Health-Care Utility Now
Resorting to crowdfunding to pay medical bills has become so routine, in some cases health professionals recommend it.
Matteo Giuseppe Pani Hospitals Have Gotten Too Nice
Medical centers are offering fancy food and rebranding health as a “journey.” How about helping us feel better instead?
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