Throughout Colorado, judges have ordered individuals awaiting trial to be evaluated for their competency to participate in their own defense. Often times these individuals are found to be Incompetent to Proceed, meaning they must be restored to mental competency before they can stand trial for their alleged crimes. In 2010, Colorado ranked 48th in the nation in total public and private psychiatric beds.

A Father's Dying Wish. A Husband's Shocking Suicide. A Daughter's Inexplicable Silence.

Laura Brandon's promise to her dying father was simple: to visit an elderly woman she'd never heard of before. A woman who remembers nothing--except the distant past. Visiting Sarah Tolley seemed a small enough sacrifice to make.

But Laura's promise results in another death. Her husband's. And after their five-year-old daughter,

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The Colorado Hospital Report Card has the primary purpose of ensuring that statewide hospital data and clinical outcomes are made available to the general public in a clear and usable manner. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) selected the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) as the entity to create and maintain the Colorado Hospital Report Card.

Kids can learn science in a fun and gross way! This series presents fascinating facts about disgusting things found in the backyard, the body, the home, the hospital, at school, and underwater. From creepy crawlers hiding in the backyard to germs lurking inside the body, there are plenty of icky things to discover. Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences will encourage reluctant readers to learn about all things gross!...

Describes what happens during a stay in the hospital, including some of the common forms of medical treatment.

"San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital is the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hotel-Dieu (God's Hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. Ballet dancers and rock musicians, professors and thieves--"anyone who had fallen, or, often, leapt, onto hard times" and needed extended medical care-ended up here. So did Victoria Sweet, who came for two months and stayed for twenty years. Laguna Honda, lower tech but human paced, gave...