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Allowing Patients to Die: Louise Aronson and Bill Andereck

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And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. And he’s also chaired the California Pacific Medical Center’s ethics committee since 1985.

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

Medical Xpress

Tips to beat the heat The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises people to drink a cup of water every 15 to 20 minutes during a heat wave but no more than 48 ounces, or one and a half quarts, per hour. 40°C (101–104°F).

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