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PRINTABLE PAGE Nursing Home Abuse Unlike Other Crimes By Larry Margasak, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, March 3, 2002 WASHINGTON — In a videotaped deathbed interview, Helen Love sat with a metal band pinned to her skull…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Domestic Violence in America: Challenges and Solutions By Judith Shannon Lynch, MS, MA, APRN, FAANPOriginally published in Medscape, August 2001 Introduction There is no longer any doubt that domestic violence has taken a great toll on the women…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Some Call This Justice Waldron woman kills tormentor and ends up with a 20-year prison sentence. By Jan CottinghamOriginally published in the Arkansas Times, December 21, 2001 Eve Lawson, like many people, thought the criminal justice system was…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Many Abused Women Lack Social Support to Leave Originally published by Reuters Health, July 16, 2001 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — It is widely believed that women who remain in abusive relationships lack the self-esteem to get out.…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Jury Awards $1.5M Over Cancer Pain Originally published by The Associated Press, June 14, 2001 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – A jury has awarded $1.5 million to the family of a man who accused his doctor of not prescribing…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Mom ‘Overwhelmed’ By Plight: Salisbury Family Struggles After Escape (The Boston Herald) By Dave WedgeOriginally published by the Boston Herald, June 17, 2001 A Salisbury woman who fled the iron-fisted rule of her husband last week with her…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Settlement Calls For $1 Million Payment to Family of California Woman Killed by Husband By Justin PritchardOriginally published by The Associated Press, June 19, 2002 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities will pay $1 million to the family of…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Leprosy Patients in Japan Gain Respect Culture: Long-suffering outcasts win damages and a court finding that their rights were violated. By Mark Magnier, Times Staff WriterOriginally published in the Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2001 KAGOSHIMA, Japan —…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Many Seniors Get ‘Woefully Inadequate’ Pain Treatment, Study Says Andre Picard, Public Health ReporterOriginally published in The Globe and Mail, April 25, 2001 Pain among elderly nursing-home residents is prevalent, persistent and poorly treated, according to a new…