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- 18,000 Nurses In California To Strike Over Ebola
No Sponge Baths Until My Needs Are Met From Bloomberg: Some 18,000 nurses in Northern California are planning a two-day strike starting Nov. 11, partly over equipment and training standards for the Ebola virus. The walkout would affect 21 hospitals...
- Usatoday: U.s. Uniformed Officers To Treat Ebola Patients In Liberia
USAToday: U.S. Uniformed officers to treat Ebola patients in Liberia President Obama has assured Americans that none of the nearly 4,000 U.S. troops heading to Liberia will treat Ebola patients, but 70 uniformed officers of the U.S. Public Health Service...
- Yet Another Ebola Case In Dallas (with Addendum)
Confirmed: another healthcare worker who took care of pathogen-carrying, pathogen-spreading criminal Thomas Eric Duncan has Ebola. Now there are two cases from an individual index patient. An outbreak is not contained until there are fewer than two additional...
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Belgium leader in organ transplants from those Euthanized From Will at THE OTHER NEWS: Belgium leader in organ transplants from those Euthanized.(TBAB).By Lisa Correnti. Deaths from “voluntary euthanasia” in Belgium are approximated at 2 percent,...
- In That Case, Turn Mine To Face The Mrs. Adler's Vienna Style Gefilte Fish Plant
British hospital turns Muslims' beds to face Mecca A British hospital has agreed to turn seriously ill Muslim patients' beds to face Mecca, as part of efforts to improve services for the Islamic community, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. ...
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Netherlands: Nurses Union says Muslims might not be suitable for nursing
Netherlands: Nurses Union says Muslims might not be suitable for nursing
If Muslim nurses have objections to washing the buttocks of male patients, they should ask themselves whether they're suitable for the job, says the Dutch Nurses' Association (V&VN). The organization recently wrote guidelines for conscientious Objections.
Francis Bolle of V&VN says that in general there are relatively few nurses of Muslim background working in hospitals. Bolle says that the reason might be that Muslims, and in practice it's mostly Muslim women, have difficulty with physical contact with patients, for example, during washing.
- 18,000 Nurses In California To Strike Over Ebola
No Sponge Baths Until My Needs Are Met From Bloomberg: Some 18,000 nurses in Northern California are planning a two-day strike starting Nov. 11, partly over equipment and training standards for the Ebola virus. The walkout would affect 21 hospitals...
- Usatoday: U.s. Uniformed Officers To Treat Ebola Patients In Liberia
USAToday: U.S. Uniformed officers to treat Ebola patients in Liberia President Obama has assured Americans that none of the nearly 4,000 U.S. troops heading to Liberia will treat Ebola patients, but 70 uniformed officers of the U.S. Public Health Service...
- Yet Another Ebola Case In Dallas (with Addendum)
Confirmed: another healthcare worker who took care of pathogen-carrying, pathogen-spreading criminal Thomas Eric Duncan has Ebola. Now there are two cases from an individual index patient. An outbreak is not contained until there are fewer than two additional...
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Belgium leader in organ transplants from those Euthanized From Will at THE OTHER NEWS: Belgium leader in organ transplants from those Euthanized.(TBAB).By Lisa Correnti. Deaths from “voluntary euthanasia” in Belgium are approximated at 2 percent,...
- In That Case, Turn Mine To Face The Mrs. Adler's Vienna Style Gefilte Fish Plant
British hospital turns Muslims' beds to face Mecca A British hospital has agreed to turn seriously ill Muslim patients' beds to face Mecca, as part of efforts to improve services for the Islamic community, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. ...