by Patrick Cawley | Apr 19, 2021 | Estate Planning, Health information, Sentinel Articles
As a car accident victim lies unconscious in a hospital bed, a group of strangers who make up the hospital’s ethics committee meets to decide this patient’s future. The committee will decide what life-saving measures will be taken for this patient. The committee...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Apr 14, 2021 | Health information, Sentinel Articles
Have you received the COVID vaccination? If not, why? If so, what happens next? Governor Wolf said that two-thirds of Pennsylvania’s 1A priority status category has been vaccinated. President Biden says that a vaccination should be available to all...
by Karen Kaslow, RN, BSN | Jan 11, 2021 | Family Living, Health information, Sentinel Articles
2020 was a turbulent year. As we open a new calendar, we have a natural inclination to view this alteration in the date as an opportunity for a fresh start. Somehow, the advancement of one number in the marker of time we call a year makes it easier to place certain...
by Patrick Cawley | Dec 7, 2020 | Family Living, Health information
While the festive decorations go up, carols play, and warm greetings arrive from friends in the mail, there are usually reminders that the holiday season is not a happy time for everyone. For some people, holidays are a reminder of loved ones lost or a trigger...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | Aug 3, 2020 | Health information, Sentinel Articles
As a child, before video games and central air conditioning, I would sometimes complain to my mother: “There’s nothing to do!” Since in any season I could ride my bike to the park and join in a pick-up game of some sport, my Mother would respond: “Go...
by David D. Nesbit, Esq. | Jul 8, 2020 | Health information, Sentinel Articles
How far may individual expectations of confidentiality be compromised to enable public health authorities to track those who have been exposed to COVID-19? And, once health authorities have identified exposed individuals, how will those individuals be...
