AARP South Carolina

AARP South Carolina is an advocacy leader in the Palmetto state. Each legislative session, AARP South Carolina volunteers and staff work tirelessly on issue important to those 50+, including its members. Over the past years AARP South Carolina...

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AdvocateDirectory.org

AdvocateDirectory.org is a comprehensive listing of grassroots, nonprofit, and other websites broadly related to patient safety and quality. It is a product of years of networking and research by individuals who reached out to each other, shared...

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Art of Nursing - Marlyn Duncan Boyd

'Nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the...

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Bittersweet Medicine - Opinions from a Family Doctor

I am Dr. Robert Lemmon. I have been a family doctor for 14 years. I practice in rural South Carolina at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. My areas of special interest are evidence based medicine, obesity, type 2 diabetes, lipid...

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CareChex - Hospital Quality Ratings

The Most Comprehensive Site for Rating Hospital Care CareChex is a medical quality rating service of The Delta Group — the nation's largest privately-held healthcare information service company. CareChex provides clinical, financial, and...

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Christopher Pittman

Christopher Pittman came to live with his beloved paternal grandparents after his chaotic home life in Florida drove him to attempt suicide, an act that led to his commitment to a psychiatric facility. Upon his release, a South Carolina...

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Fight Staph Infections, Inc.

FIGHT STAPH INFECTIONS, INC. was started because I am a victim of a Staph Infection. On March 2006, I had a Total Knee Replacement. Four days after my release, I was readmitted with a Staph Infection. I had three more surgeries. Now I walk with a...

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LewisBlackman.net

How a Hospital Failed a Boy Who Didn't Have to Die. Lewis Blackman, a healthy, gifted 15-year-old, underwent elective surgery at MUSC. In one of the state's most modern hospitals, he bled to death over 30 hours while those caring for him missed...

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Mothers Against Medical Abuse.Org

MAMA.Org has a ZERO TOLERANCE to the use of Methadone as it is widely misused, abused and the cause of thousands of deaths yearly. We are here to provide education, support and comfort to those who have lost a loved one to any and all ...

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Mothers Against Medical Error

Mothers Against Medical Error is a group of parents whose mission is to promote safety in our medical system. We provide support for victims of medical harm. We are available to speak to your organization about medical error and patient ...

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