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Ethics of Genetic Research on Alcohol Addiction
Genetic testing is not yet ready for use in the prediction of alcohol dependence, according to a recent ethical guidance.
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Revised Guidelines, New Data Shed Light on Palliative Care
While hospice care is a Medicare benefit and is accessible for most Americans, access to palliative care is more limited.
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Law Enforcement Requests Conflict With Nurses’ Ethical Obligations
Nurses around the country are noticing a disturbing trend: Some patients suspected of violent crimes are admitted for medical care but are not arrested.
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Complex Research Ethics Question? Consultants Offer Their Expertise
The research ethics consultation works independently from the IRBs, although the IRBs occasionally reach out for help with challenging cases. Researchers typically seek help early in the process when thinking about recruitment or what populations to include.
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Ethical Responses if Surrogate Is Unfit for Role
Surrogates may be ill-suited for the role due to lacking capacity themselves or failing to act in the patient’s best interest.
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Continuous EEG Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients Is Associated With Reduced Hospital Mortality
In this retrospective cross-sectional study involving more than 7 million critically ill adult patients from the National Inpatient Sample database, researchers showed that the use of continuous electroencephalography is associated with lower in-hospital mortality.
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Providing Care Viewed as Futile or Unnecessary Linked to Physician Burnout, Intention to Quit
About one-third of clinicians considered leaving their jobs due to providing care they saw as futile or potentially inappropriate, found the authors of a recent survey.
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Earning the Trust of Research Subjects
Achieving trust in human research can be challenging in an age of precision medicine that calls for long-term relationships and potential unintended consequences far beyond a simple informed consent document.
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Research Program Closely Monitors ClinicalTrials.gov Compliance
Compliance with the 2017 changes to ClinicalTrials.gov registration can be time-consuming, as at least one organization has learned over the past year.
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Influenza Cases Rising: What Clinicians Need to Know
The burden of influenza is significant. So far in the current 2018-2019 season, about 7 million Americans have been affected, with half of those people seeing a physician. Between 69,000 and 84,000 people have been hospitalized for flu-related illness.