It may well have put patients first, but the profits did not hurt.
But in recent years the practice has drawn criticism, with health officials saying it puts patients at risk.
In severe cases, Sippy put patients to bed and gave them nothing to eat for days.
Many caring, compassionate doctors put patients first each and every day.
Providing it would transform health care by putting patients in control, rather than doctors and insurance companies.
Group therapy is common, but putting older patients with teenagers may not always work.
Equally surprising is how little it takes to put patients in danger.
Doctors sometimes put patients that have very bad injuries into a coma.
Why does it take longer for doctors to put black patients on the kidney transplant list?
"Everybody liked the philosophy of putting patients first and profits second."