May 25, 2023
(Associated Press) – Federal officials say more than 200 patients could be at risk of fungal meningitis after having surgical procedures at clinics in a Mexico border city. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it is … Read More
May 18, 2023
(Washington Post via MSN) – Federal and Texas health officials are alerting Americans and clinicians about suspected cases of fungal meningitis among U.S. residents who traveled to Matamoros, Mexico, for surgery. One person has died, and at least four patients … Read More
March 8, 2023
(Associated Press) – The recent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico highlights a common practice for many people in the U.S.: traveling to other countries for medical care that either is not available at home or costs a lot less. … Read More
August 3, 2022
(Axios) – In the month after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the country’s largest abortion hotline reported a 5,100% increase in plane or bus trips and a more than 1,400% rise in hotel room bookings from patients traveling out-of-state for … Read More
December 2, 2021
Medico-Legal Journal (vol. 89, no. 2, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Medicines and Murder” by Robin Ferner “Is it Discriminatory to Require Hospital Staff to be clean Shaven to Facilitate the Effective Wearing of Personal Protective … Read More
September 29, 2021
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics (vol. 30, no. 2, 2021) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Decisionmaking and Leadership in Crises and Beyond” by Tuija Takala and Matti Hayry “Resuscitating Patient Rights during the Pandemic: COVID-19 and the … Read More
September 6, 2021
(The Korean Herald) – The number of foreign patients at medical institutions in South Korea plummeted more than 75 percent last year as the COVID-19 pandemic restricted international travel and lowered demand for medical tourism. (Read Full Article)
June 14, 2021
Clinical Ethics (vol. 15, no. 3, 2020) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “All Things Considered: Surrogate Decision-Making on Behalf of Patients in the Minimally Conscious State” by L Syd M Johnson and Kathy L Cerminara “Conscientious Objection … Read More
February 9, 2021
(The Guardian) – In the past three years, three British women – Abimbola Ajoke Bamgbose, Leah Cambridge and Melissa Kerr – have died as a result of complications arising from BBLs in Turkey, the most popular destination for UK patients … Read More
June 24, 2020
(New York Times) – Over the past several years, hospitals began to play innkeeper to open the door to more elective surgery, which is the lifeblood of their revenue. They developed hotels near their operating rooms where patients, who often … Read More
