What is it like to be one of the millions of children hospitalized in the U.S. every year? Ask any parent of a seriously ill child and they will explain that it's beyond traumatizing. One California ...

While patient hospital gowns serve a number of practical purposes, the psychological effects of donning them may be more harmful than good, a physician argues in an opinion piece in The New York Times ...

The arrival of reinvented hospital gowns is creating quite the stir at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in Minnesota after a the system decided to ditch the hated, backside-baring gowns for a newer ...

BOISE, Idaho -- The mental lightbulb lit up in Dr. Brian Kerr's brain during a routine day at a Boise hospital. Registered nurse Carleen Egbert and anesthesiologist Kerr watched an older patient ...

Part of John Kasun’s recent article in the Altoona Mirror about decency with regard to hospital gowns struck a longstanding grievance with me. For the past 60-plus years, I have felt that a person who ...

Haute is taking an unhealthy turn. Not looking so hot is fashion’s hottest look thanks to “hospital gown” couture. “Some outfits just make me feel like I’m that b- -ch,” said Izzy, a content creator, ...

May 15, 2009 History has fortunately overlooked the designer of the humble and seemingly universal hospital gown. Just as well, really, because he/she was no doubt well meaning and probably not due ...