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Should doctors participate in protests?
Although the news more often features nurses on the picket lines, as is the case recently in California , a column in this week's The Atlantic questions whether physicians should participate in
Why the nurses' strike isn't just a California problem
The troubles that plague California hospitals may have organizations elsewhere thanking their lucky stars that they aren't facing strikes (or a similar patient death due to a medical error attracting
Patient death allegedly linked to California strike
Tensions surrounding the California hospital labor dispute just got even more heated, making headlines across the nation. A patient at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, Calif., died due to
Drug shortage hits record hit; Hospital union calls first strike;
> During a record high of a reported 178 drug shortages, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging providers to make such reports, according to the FDA . In hospitals, pharmacy departments
Nearly 870 hospital workers poised to strike in West Virginia
Despite plans for 868 union employees to strike at West Virginia University Hospitals beginning Dec. 31, hospital president Bruce McClymonds maintains that the quality of care provided will not slip,
Update: Strike postponed at multiple HCA hospitals
Union members decided to postpone a planned one-day strike at five Hospital Corporation of America (NYSE: HCA) hospitals in California and return to the bargaining table, according to a press release
Hospital strikes loom in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Massachusetts
Nurses and other unionized healthcare workers in at least three states are considering walking off the job if contract negotiations with hospitals don't address their concerns. Those concerns are

