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Since there have been pandemics and vaccines to fight them, ethicists have wrestled with the question of who should have priority when it comes to distributing vaccine. The federal government has released a draft in which it sets out how health authorities should allocate scarce doses of influenza vaccine in the event of a pandemic.
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A survey of 5,000 U.S. medical students reveals that just over one-third understand the Geneva Conventions as they apply to military medical ethics; underlying that finding is the additional revelation that very few receive any medical school instruction in military medical ethics.
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Two foundations that seek to establish a constitutional right to experimental therapy for the seriously ill will challenge a recent decision in a federal appeals court that favors the FDA's more cautious approach to access to experimental drugs.
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The Seattle pediatric endocrinologist who spearheaded the growth attenuation treatment on a disabled 9-year-old girl known as "Ashley" died in an apparent suicide in late September.
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HIV vaccine trials likely will continue for a decade or longer, raising questions about ethical considerations of enrolling participants across the globe.
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This is the background to the medical records breach that led to suspension without pay of 27 employees at Palisades Medical Center in Bergen, NJ.
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Crew resource management has been the key improvement that led to the significant improvements in patient safety in the obstetrics unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston.
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Ensuring the privacy of patients and the security of their medical records is fairly well accepted by staff, and most will not hesitate to pledge their commitment to keeping medical records private. But what happens when one of the world's biggest movie stars shows up at your hospital for a minor emergency, with no opportunity to plan VIP treatment and added security?
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The privacy breach with George Clooney's medical records indicates the staff of Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, NJ, did not truly understand the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), says Don Thomas, CEO of SoftLight Development.
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Suppose you were reviewing a new malpractice claim and a nurse told you that the surgeon happened to be on the phone when the patient made a mistake that injured the patient. Surely the surgeon was talking to another physician or reviewing lab results for the patient, right?
