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Ethicists Can Address Low Advance Care Billing Rates
Rates of advance care planning billing remain low, despite billing codes having been introduced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services nearly a decade ago.
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Mindfulness Improves Advance Care Planning Outcomes
Shelley Johns, PsyD, of the Regenstrief Institute, the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, and colleagues conducted a study to see if mindfulness was a possible alternative to avoidant coping for people with cancer and their family caregivers.
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Residents’ Moral Distress Is Ethical Concern
Residents experience moral distress just as other clinicians do, raising some unique ethical concerns.
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Podcasts Can ‘Level the Playing Field’ with Ethics Education
Medical students and trainees may receive inadequate ethics education as the result of curricular constraints or because of limited available expertise at their institutions. Ethics podcasts are a potential solution to these challenges.
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Ethical Considerations if Doctors Persuade Patients
If a doctor thinks that an intervention is in the patient’s best interest, is it ethically acceptable to try to persuade the patient?
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Palliative Care Referrals Still Occur Late or Not at All
Palliative care consultations are known to affect end-of-life outcomes positively, including fewer in-hospital deaths. But despite evidence of these benefits, palliative care consults still are happening too late or not at all, found a recent study.
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Clinicians Have Many Ethical Concerns with Large Language Model Use in Healthcare
Inaccurate or biased responses, concerns about patient data privacy, and risk of harm from medical misinformation are some well-known ethical concerns about large language models in healthcare.
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Surgeons Face Ethical Challenges when Teaching Informed Consent to Residents
Residents often are tasked with obtaining informed consent from patients, and must become proficient in this important skill. According to the American Association of Medical Colleges, obtaining informed consent is a core entrustable professional activity for residents.
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Clinicians Face Ethical Dilemmas with Brain Death Testing
If a brain death assessment becomes necessary, clinicians can be taken aback if the family strongly objects. A one-hour simulation training improves medical trainees’ confidence in managing these ethically challenging cases, a recent study found.
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Ethics Committee Members Want More Ethics Education
Many ethics committee members want to increase their ethics expertise. However, tailoring work schedules around course demands is an obstacle for many. After practicing in clinical settings for years, some ethics committee members are somewhat intimidated at the prospect of reentering a classroom in a formal academic setting.