Double-Booked: When Surgeons Operate On Two Patients At Once

(By Sandra G. Boodman for Kaiser Health News)

The controversial practice has been standard in many teaching hospitals for decades, its safety and ethics largely unquestioned and its existence unknown to those most affected: people undergoing surgery. Continue reading article here…

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