When victims of sexual assault visit medical centers or police stations after being attacked, their clothes are often ...

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 ...

In an issue dedicated to the current fixation on improving everything, The New York Times Magazine explores a redesign of the hospital gown. “There was — and is — always room for improvement. The ...