Medical Ethics Advisor – October 1, 2019
October 1, 2019
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Program Directors Want More Ethics Education, Limited Resources Constrain Goals
The desire for more ethics training is not unique to plastic surgery. Researchers also administered the survey to program directors in anesthesiology, pediatrics, and general surgery, with similar findings.
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Ethics Involved as Proposed Hospital ‘Conscience’ Policies Examined Closer
"We are apparently entering the age of religious exemptions for all manner of hard-to-understand positions." -
Overly Aggressive Collection Risks Violating Several Ethical Principles
To ensure ethical care, transparency and shared decision-making is needed across all aspects of patient care interactions, including billing and collections.
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Policies Ensure Ethical Care for Marginalized, At-Risk, Unrepresented Patients
Adults who have lost (or perhaps never had) decision-making capacity and do not have either an advance directive or an identifiable, capable, and willing surrogate may be the most vulnerable patients.
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Palliative Care Widely Misunderstood by Patients and Professionals
In one study, 60% of adults self-reported as knowledgeable about palliative care have at least one misperception. In another similar study, researchers found that 70% of respondents had never heard of palliative care. Perhaps most concerning, a third study revealed 55% of caregivers have never heard of palliative care.
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Survey: More Difficult for Oncologists to Predict Minority Parents’ Decision-Making
Minority parents may feel less well-supported by clinicians in their decisions.
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Limited Exposure to End-of-Life Care for Pediatric Residents
Ethicists can approach these cases with the awareness that from a learner perspective, these situations are rare and often one of the most challenging and memorable experiences of pediatric trainees.
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Fee-for-Service, Value-Based Payment Models Pose Different Ethical Concerns
Physical therapists are facing some ethical dilemmas over reimbursements for quantity over quality, according to the authors of a recent study.
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Surprisingly Positive Parental Views on Genomic Testing for Seriously Ill Children
Bioethicists have raised many concerns about the possible negative effects of giving genomic information to patients and families. A recent study’s findings were reassuring.
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Participants Retained Information Best From Highlighted Informed Consent Form
Study participants retained more relevant information from a consent form based on revised U.S. Common Rule requirements than they did from other designs, according to the authors of a recent study.