Articles Tagged With: ethics
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Requirements, Standards Vary for Clinical Ethics Fellowship Programs
Clinical ethics fellowships in the United States and Canada vary in some important ways, a recent study found.
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Bioethicists Identify Essential ‘Everyday Ethics’ Skills for Clinicians
Is there a heated conflict on whether to continue life-sustaining interventions for a patient at the end of life? Most clinicians probably would see the need for an ethics consult. On the other hand, clinicians are less likely to recognize many “everyday” issues as ethical dilemmas.
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Many Hospital Websites Lack Information on Clinical Ethics Consultation Services
Many patients and family members, and even some clinicians, are unaware of the basics of what ethicists do or even how to contact them. However, many ethics services do not post any information at all on their institutional websites, a recent study found.
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Can Ethicists Be Sued for Recommendations? Attorneys Warn of Potential Legal Risks
The field of clinical ethics continues to evolve, with core competencies, certification, and documentation in the electronic medical record. In a recent paper, Claudia R. Sotomayor, MD, DBe, HEC-C, chief of the Ethics Consultation Service and a clinical ethicist at Georgetown University’s Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics in Washington, DC, and colleagues explored whether the professionalization of ethics consultation exposes those working in this field to the types of liability claims faced by professionals in other fields.
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Ethical End-of-Life Care Discussions in ICUs
Intensive care unit clinicians experience multiple barriers to quality end-of-life care conversations, a recent study found.
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Are Ethics Committees Effective? Some Are Being Replaced with Alternative Model
The vast majority of hospitals have ethics committees. Yet these committees vary in terms of their effectiveness, leading some ethicists to conclude it is time for a new approach.
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Demand for Pediatric Ethics Consults Is Increasing
As a long-term member of the ethics committee at Akron Children’s Hospital, Julie M. Aultman, PhD, noticed a shift in the types of consultations in which ethicists were engaged. Consults involved a wide range of issues, from end-of-life care to organizational ethics. Overall, cases were becoming more complex.
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Attorney-Client Privilege Is Vital, but Know Limitations
Attorney/client privilege can be vital in defending malpractice cases and managing other risk management issues. But sometimes, it is misunderstood by risk managers in healthcare, and missteps can have significant implications. Understanding attorney-client privilege is the first step to taking advantage of this important protection.
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Adolescents Know More About Abortion Restrictions than Most Expect
Adolescents are fully aware and concerned about how abortion restrictions can affect them, and most use the internet and social media for information on abortion, new research shows.
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Ethics Curriculum Prepares Students for Code Status Discussions
Future physicians need time to develop authentic communication strategies to address morally and emotionally complex topics.