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Patient Advocate

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Simple changes make hospitals more accommodating for developmentally disabled patients

Navigating the healthcare system is growing more complicated by the day, especially for parents of children with disabilities, writes certified patient advocate Jacqueline O'Doherty in a Hospital

Reader letters: Patient advocacy department seldom there for patients

As some of you will recall, last week I wrote a piece describing my experience at a major suburban hospital. That hospital, I felt, ignored a major concerns arising from a visit--then used its