HEALTH • Spring 2018 3
This issue
F E AT U R E S
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New cure
The Region's Quarterly Health Care Magazine
16
Death with dignity?
A years-long fight over assisted-suicide continues on Beacon Hill
\\ BY EMILY MICUCCI
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4 Letter From The Editor
5 Health Care Briefs
An overview of the latest health
care business news
7 Hospital Profile
8 Pictures of Health
A photographic look at the region's
health care happenings
1 0 - 1 2 The Lists
• Opioid deaths by town
• Cancer treatment centers
D E PA RT M E N T S
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RXi's technology may
be a cancer treatment
breakthrough
\\ BY LIVIA GERSHON
1 3 Local Innovation
22 Column:
Consumer advice
23 Column: Benefits
administration
24 The Pulse
Statistical snapshot of the
health care sector
25 Newsworthy
People, providers and practices
26 Profile
Q&A with Donna LaCerte-Blais,
oncology social worker
Treating pain
A holistic approach may help patients avoid pills
\\ BY EMILY MICUCCI
Patient experience
Surveys may be creating better primary care in Mass.
\\ BY LIVIA GERSHON
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