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Security Cameras in Nursing Homes Aim to Protect, but Present Ethical Dilemmas

For many people who care for aging parents, one solution is a safe, responsible nursing home. But an increasingly common means of ensuring that safety — security cameras installed by relatives — may do more harm than good, says Clara …

Did ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Tattoo Reflect Patient’s True Wish?

It was a scenario that emergency room doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital had discussed but never seen in person – an unconscious patient with a tattoo across his chest that read “Do Not Resuscitate.” The 70-year-old man at the Miami …