Medical Ethics Advisor 1999 Index
December 1, 1999
Medical Ethics Advisor 1999 Index
Advance directives
New York focuses on advance directives, JUN:72
Florida expands advance directive laws, SEP:111
New Texas law simplifies end-of-life care planning, OCT:119
Texas directive to physicians and family or surrogates, OCT:120
Advance directive act: Hitting the highlights, OCT:122
AIDS/HIV
CDC renews calls for HIV reporting, FEB:16
Who has more rights: Unborn child or mother? MAR:28
Results of NICHD meta-analysis, MAR:29
Be truthful to kids about HIV, MAR:35
Should certain patients be denied access to organs? OCT:116
UNOS: Each center must make decision, OCT:117
Assisted suicide
Oregon assisted-suicide law doesn’t affect ICUs, FEB:19
Increase in debates, state bans don’t change central fact, MAY:49
Patients choosing assisted suicide defied predictions, MAY:51
Americans say Keep your laws off my body,’ MAY:52
It can happen sooner than you think, MAY:53
Should insurers cover assisted suicide? MAY:54
Guidelines help nurses balance medicine, morals, MAY:56
Are we sliding down the slippery slope? MAY:58
Oregon Nurses Association Death with Dignity Act guidelines, MAY:SUP
Death with Dignity Act Prescribing - Physician Interview Form, MAY:SUP
Request for medication to end life form, MAY:SUP
Attending physicians compliance form, Death with Dignity Act, MAY:SUP
Consulting physicians compliance form, Death with Dignity Act, MAY:SUP
Psychiatric/psychological consultants form, Death with Dignity Act, MAY:SUP
Death certificate and reporting form data, Death with Dignity Act, MAY:SUP
California assemblywoman shelves legislation, JUL:84
Oregon fine-tunes assisted suicide law, JUL:84
Cloning
British ban embryo cloning in surprise move, AUG:99
Corporate compliance and ethics
Ethics can coexist with corporate compliance, FEB:21
Consider these tips from ethics, compliance officer, FEB:21
Mission statements: What should yours do and say? OCT:132
Death and dying
Elderly rarely die at home, study finds, MAR:35
Use of dead man’s sperm raises issues, JUN:65
Florida judge grants woman’s wish, AUG:98
Wife in right-to-die case takes on political cause, SEP:110
Programs improving care of dying receive grants, SEP:111
Education
Can you learn about ethics on the World Wide Web? SEP:104
Bioethics course information on the Internet, SEP:105
Programs improving care of dying receive grants, SEP:111
Genetics resources for committees, DEC:143
End-of-life care
Include diverse views in end-of-life policies, JAN:11
End-of-life innovations to be honored, MAR:31
Nursing texts short on end-of-life, palliative care, AUG:98
New Texas law simplifies end-of-life care planning, OCT:119
Euthanasia
Are we sliding down the slippery slope? MAY:58
Fertility and ethics
Latest multiple birth has fertility centers pondering ethical issues, FEB:13
Conception more likely following IVF birth, FEB:24
Fertility success increases, says CDC, MAR:30
Use of dead man’s sperm raises issues, JUN:65
Fertility group supports employer coverage, JUN:72
Guidelines for use of embryos, fetal tissue, JUL:79
States get voluntary fertility clinic guidelines, SEP:110
Genetics
Sites get research nod for genome project, APR:47
Keep genetic information private, researchers warn, OCT:123
Human Genome Project is months away, but are you ready? DEC:137
Patients and physicians need a genetics primer, DEC:141
Coverage, privacy issues raised by testing, DEC:142
Ethics committees must educate members, DEC:143
Informed consent
NIH offers informed consent checklist, JUL:76
Lawsuit questions waiver of informed consent, AUG:91
Managed care
Congressional debate goes to heart of matter, APR:47
Should insurers cover assisted suicide? MAY:54
Medical errors
Medical errors likely to go unreported, JAN:11
IV insulin involved in many medication errors, MAR:32
Medication errors worry patients most, NOV:134
Medical marijuana
New cacophony erupts over cannabinoid, APR:40
Alaska implements medical marijuana law, APR:46
DC voters approve medical marijuana, NOV:134
Mergers
Religious, secular hospital mergers pose challenges, NOV:125
Is restricting services at secular hospitals OK? NOV:128
Catholic groups disagree on impact of mergers, NOV:131
Minorities
Diabetes prevention should include minorities, APR:41
Eliminating racial, ethnic disparities in health, APR:43
African-Americans not included in trial data, NOV:135
Organ donation/transplantation
Receptors could boost transplant effectiveness, MAR:34
State to offer money for organ donation, JUN:67
Transplant system ready for the millennium, JUL:84
Arizona enacts organ allocation law, AUG:99
Wait times for childrens’ organs are longer, AUG:100
Organ procurement group changes liver policy, SEP:106
IOM releases report on organ allocation, SEP:108
Should certain patients be denied access to organs? OCT:116
UNOS: Each center must make decision, OCT:117
UNOS instructs members to stop liver-sharing plan, OCT:124
Organizational ethics
Prepare to be alone when blowing the whistle, OCT:113
Mission statements: What should yours do and say? NOV:132
Include these goals, NOV:133
Pain management
Avoid racial and cultural bias in pain management, JAN:8
Four myths of pain medicine administration, JAN:9
New pain bill divides palliative care providers, AUG:88
Pain relief promotion act: summary, AUG:89
What physicians need to know to treat pain, AUG:90
It’s all in the timing: Joint Commission unveils pain standards, SEP:101
Help focus your facility on pain management, SEP:103
Pain management resources, SEP:103
Here’s what you can do, SEP:104
Palliative care
New pain bill divides palliative care providers, AUG:88
Nursing texts short on end-of-life, palliative care, AUG:98
Patient confidentiality
Group raises concern over confidentiality bills, APR:47
Congress takes divided approach to confidentiality, JUN:70
Caregivers walk fine line in aiding police, protecting confidentiality, AUG:85
Do national databases breach confidentiality issues? DEC:145
Patient dumping
Treat, don’t dump’ regulators say, JAN:7
Patient rights
National group calls for restraint reforms, MAR:32
Diabetes prevention should include minorities, APR:41
Eliminating racial, ethnic disparities in health, APR:43
Watch out for diabetes in hospitalized patients, APR:44
Americans say Keep your laws off my body,’ MAY:52
Hospital challenges right to jump ship with patients, JUN:61
When physicians leave, who gets the patients? JUN:64
Caregivers walk fine line in aiding police, protecting confidentiality, AUG:85
ACEP policy statement: Alcohol abuse and motor safety, AUG:87
HCFA regs require notice at admission, AUG:97
Government halts human research, OCT:124
Are we at medical limits and not admitting it? DEC:144
Patient support groups
Group gives support to cancer survivors, JAN:9
New cultural guide now available, NOV:134
Policies and procedures
Do you have right policies for sales reps in OR? FEB:22
International visionaries chart brave new world by drafting ethical principles, MAR:25
Guidelines help nurses balance medicine, morals, MAY:56
Oregon Nurses Association Death with Dignity Act guidelines, MAY:SUP
Guidance issued on use of restraints, seclusion, JUN:68
Guidelines for use of embryos, fetal tissue, JUL:79
JCAHO: Zero tolerance on restraint deaths, AUG:93
Compliance guidelines for physical restraints, AUG:95
HCFA regs require notice at admission, AUG:97
It’s all in the timing: Joint Commission unveils pain standards, SEP:101
Here’s what you can do, SEP:104
New Texas law simplifies end-of-life care planning, OCT:119
New cultural guide now available, NOV:134
Rationing procedures or treatments
Avoid crisis with policies that keep hospitals from choosing patients, JAN:1
Four nurses fired for refusal to treat patient, AUG:96
Should certain patients be denied access to organs? OCT:116
Is restricting services at secular hospitals OK? NOV:128
Refusing treatment
What to do when kids say no - laws cloudy when minors refuse, APR:37
In the eye of the beholder when considering maturity, APR:39
Research ethics
Protect research subjects who have mental disorders, JAN:4
Guidelines may hinder progress, advocates say, JAN:6
Hospital challenges right to jump ship with patients, JUN:61
When physicians leave, who gets the patients? JUN:64
Research scandals: Public wants to know who’s minding store? JUL:73
NIH offers informed consent checklist, JUL:76
Feds consider supporting human embryo research, JUL:77
Approval at any cost creates minefield, JUL:81
Keep genetic information private, researchers warn, OCT:123
Government halts human research, OCT:124
African-Americans not included in trial data, NOV:135
Restraints
National group calls for restraint reforms, MAR:32
Guidance issued on use of restraints, seclusion, JUN:68
JCAHO: Zero tolerance on restraint deaths, AUG:93
States tighten grip on ICUs patient restraints, AUG:95
Compliance guidelines for physical restraints, AUG:95
Staffing and critical care issues
Nurses should make ethical choices in staffing, FEB:19
Four nurses fired for refusal to treat patient, AUG:96
Stem cell research
Feds consider supporting human embryo research, JUL:77
Guidelines for use of embryos, fetal tissue, JUL:79
Withdrawal of life support
Objectives on life-support withdrawal are unreliable, MAR:33
Florida judge grants woman’s wish, AUG:98
Whistle-blowing
Prepare to be alone when blowing the whistle, OCT:113
World Wide Web
Can you learn about ethics on the World Wide Web? SEP:104
Bioethics course information on the Internet, SEP:105