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A snow storm would likely draw in just about anyone who could make it to the hospital, but in an infectious disease outbreak such as SARS, about half of a health care institutions employees might be unwilling to work, according to a study published in the Journal of Urban Health.
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A video on the art of disclosing medical errors, created by an ethicist at Emory University in Atlanta, is being made available for free on-line viewing.
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When the topic of medical ethics comes up in conversation or literature, it usually refers to the ethics of providing direct patient care. But the ethics of hospital trustees have a profound influence on the delivery of care and the overall health of nonprofit hospitals, and yet there has been very little examination of the ethics of trusteeship.
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Early medical researchers were an ethical bunch, possibly because they had little choice. Many conducted experiments and tests on themselves (including one who snaked a catheter through his arm and into his heart, then climbed two flights of stairs to take an X-ray to prove a person could survive cardiac catheterization), because the researchers couldnt bring themselves to do untested procedures on others.
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New findings by researchers at the National Institutes of Health show that minorities participate in health research studies at the same rate as non-Hispanic whites when they are made aware of the study and meet the medical requirements.
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The American Medical Association (AMA) has issued new ethical guidelines to help physicians balance public health goals with the interests of individual patients during epidemics.
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As the spectrum of end-of-life issues continues to expand, more and more questions arise for clinicians working with patients, families, and institutions.
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There is little evidence to support the argument that legalizing physician-assisted death would reduce patients trust in their doctors, according to researchers at Wake Forest (NC) University Baptist Medical Center.
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With ever-increasing data collection burdens for performance measures and a growing emphasis on linking this quality data to reimbursement, you may wonder how they actually impact patient care at your organization.
