When a patient is admitted to the hospital in the U.S., there’s a standard question physicians like me are supposed to ask: “If your heart stops beating, do you want us to do CPR?” On the surface, ...

Wasserman is dean’s distinguished professor in the Departments of Foundational Medical Studies and Pediatrics at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. Crutchfield is professor in the ...

The hospital code blue alarm is supposed to signal urgency — a rush of medical professionals fighting to pull a patient back from the brink. But in certain rooms, the performance is more muted.