73% of Americans say they’d prefer to die at home, but as many as half die in a hospital setting. What do YOU want? If you don’t speak up, your choices are often made for you. This week’s Patient Voice Principle addresses “a culture where partnership and the independently gathered information and research done by…
Erika Langhart A vibrant, healthy, 20-something-year-old woman isn’t supposed to drop dead of blood clots that choke off the blood supply to her lungs. But that’s what happened to 24-year-old Erika Langhart. Was it because of the controversial NuvaRing birth control she was using? I recently had dinner with Erika’s mother, Karen, at a conference.…