Victoria, Thanks for the link to 8/10/99 NYTimes article by Sandeep Jauhar, MD. I applaud Dr. Jauhar's honesty and again am soooo thankful that due to information from PIE, I can be an informed consumer of the medical choices for pwp. Jeanette Fuhr 48/47/44? ---------- From: vbn6 <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Hospitals!!!!!!! Date: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 2:22 PM I too could post some personal experiences but I'd rather have you all read today's (9/10/99) New York Times Science Section article by Sandeep Jauhar, MD about this very subject at: http://www.nytimes.com "First, Do No Harm: When Patients Suffer" I would also like to recommend a fictionalized, funny (but very true) account of how hospitals *really* operate: "The House of God" by Samuel Shem, MD (Same author also wrote "Mount Misery") Victoria Nordli cg