Viewpoints: Reforms Needed to Prune Bad Apples

Early detection key to mom-to-be substance abuse
Half of the pregnant women abusing drugs and alcohol will come clean before delivering their babies if that abuse is detected and their providers ask them to stop, according to an obstetrician expert in substance abuse. “Detection is the critical issue,” Dr. James Nocon, told an audience of about 70 health care providers, social workers and mental health counselors Wednesday at a conference on …

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Viewpoints: Reforms needed to prune bad apples
Most health care workers are ethical and dedicated to their patients; however there are bad apples in all professions that must be removed quickly. Last year the nonprofit journalism group Pro Publica, in collaboration with the Los Angeles Times, published an investigative series documenting cases of California nurses working after evidence of DUI convictions, drug abuse and even medical …

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