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‘I Wish I Had Known That No One Was Going to Help Me’
Natasha Lazartes 39, therapist, Brooklyn Credit...Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times“It’s been a nightmare. They are so desperate to hire workers that they will take anyone.” I am 39 years old. I had to care for my father, who passed from cancer ...
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Newyork
My Father Didn’t Want to Live if He Had Dementia. But Then He Had It.
Two years ago, when my father was dying of dementia, my siblings and I faced a terrible dilemma: Whose wishes for his medical treatment were we to honor? Those of my father back when he was a healthy, highly functioning geneticist? Or those of the ...
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Newyork
Growing Old, for Better or Worse
Readers, including a 101-year-old woman, react to a guest essay by Roger Rosenblatt about the challenges of aging.
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Kaiser Permanente Reaches Tentative Deal With Health Care Workers
The proposed settlement follows a three-day strike involving thousands of unionized workers in several states.
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Kaiser Permanente Workers Near End of Strike Without a Deal
Friday was the third day of a walkout for thousands of health care employees. No new contract talks were scheduled until next week.
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Newyork
The Kaiser Strike Isn’t Your Typical Labor Action
In April 2020, when I would walk home after a long day treating patients in a New York City emergency room, an orchestra of pots and pans would erupt from seemingly every window to honor frontline workers. Nothing could make those early pandemic days ...
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Newyork
Fixing America’s Health Care System
More from our inbox: Trump’s Trial Dates and the Odds of ConvictionDoes Barbie Really Need Ken?Credit...September Dawn Bottoms for The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “How Do We Fix the Scandal That Is American Health Care?,” by Nicholas Kristof ...
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Gender Surgeries Nearly Tripled From 2016 Through 2019, Study Finds
The number of procedures rose to roughly 13,000 in 2019 from about 4,550 in 2016 as access broadened, researchers estimated.
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How Nursing Homes Failed to Protect Residents From Covid
A series of hurdles prevented the facilities from shielding older people, despite the best efforts of staff. Experts are calling for reforms before the next virus arrives.
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US
Soldier Who Called Out Torture in Iraq Is Laid to Rest at Arlington
Ian Fishback, who left the Army with the rank of major, was a dissident-in-uniform who died at the age of 42 after entering a dizzying mental health spiral.