Topics http://wvgazette.com http://wvgazette.com/feeds/logo.jpg http://wvgazette.com 144 31 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200212010007 Actors trained to fake an illness test West Virginia University medical students on their bedside manner and ability to diagnose patient problems. Two years ago, Rebecca Burbridge took the test and learned a lesson: Stop...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200212010007 Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200211240003 West Virginia’s medical malpractice controversy hasn’t driven off young doctors, according to data compiled by the state. During the past two years, just as many recent West Virginia medical school grads chose to stay an...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200211240003 Sun, 24 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200211170003 On a June 2001 morning, Mack Bailey, 71, was lying in a hospital room, a bag of chemotherapy strapped to his arm. The Webster County disabled coal miner had bladder cancer. But his wife, Pauline, and six adult daughters we...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200211170003 Sun, 17 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0500 http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200211100009 This is the first in a weekly series of stories focusing on doctors and the medical malpractice climate in West Virginia. CONCORD, N.C. — Dr. Joseph DeBord, 38, had planned to build a new home on an acre plot in Char...]]> http://wvgazette.com/rssFeeds/200211100009 Sun, 10 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0500