Monday, August 23, 2010

Ind. ruling halts caregiver choices based on race - Yahoo! News

A recent federal court ruling brought to light a little known consequence of the patients' rights movement that swept the nation's health care system over the last two decades.


Elderly patients, who won more legal control over their quality of life in nursing homes, sometimes want to dictate the race of those who care for them. And some nursing homes enforce those preferences in their staff policies.


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Ind. ruling halts caregiver choices based on race - Yahoo! News

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