Medical Ethics Advisor – December 1, 2003
December 1, 2003
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What will be the fate of ‘Terri’s law’? Playing politics with family conflict
As legal arguments about the fate of Florida resident Terri Schiavo continue to work their way through the states court system, the new law allowing Gov. Jeb Bush to intervene in her case is prompting much debate in bioethics circles. -
AMA ethical guidance: E-mail, health web sites
As new information technologies continue to make person-to-person communications easier and more varied, they also are transforming the way that health care can be provided. -
CEJA Guidelines for Internet Use
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ACOG issues opinion on elective cesareans
Over the past decade, obstetricians have noted an interesting phenomenon more women rejecting the concept of a natural birth and requesting elective cesarean deliveries, sometimes called patient-choice cesareans or cesareans on demand. -
SARS presents challenges to hospitals, public health
If an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) were to occur in the United States this year, our health care and public health systems might have a significantly harder time detecting and containing spread of the virus than the countries that experienced cases last year, experts say. -
SARS audio program updates guidelines
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News Brief
Canadas drug shortage from U.S. Internet sales?