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Healthwire - September-October 1999

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Feature Story:  See No Evil?
The new drive to reform JCAHO

Jersey nurses win fight to organize

New treaty bans worst forms of child labor

FNHP officers lead London workshop

Fighting cutbacks around the world

Good PR rescues 'Healthy Start'

ANA and AMA go union

Psychologists seek 'strength in numbers'

Human Rights Conference
Stopping Privatization

Critical Issues
It's time to end JCAHO's sham hospital inspections

Pulse Points
Americans trust nurses; Public pays for mergers; for-profit HMOs score lower; Care less, cost more; AIDs deaths rise worldwide; 'Flo' fights senior drug benefit

Legiscope
Republican doctors in the House revive Patients' Rights; AFT pushes for Medicare drug coverage; New Jersey passes safe needles bill; Join the fight against needlestick injuries

Making rounds
News from the locals

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