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Nurse-facilitated Discussion Decreases Surrogate Stress
Surrogates reported less stress and greater satisfaction after a nurse-directed discussion on end-of-life preferences, a recent study found.
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Ethics-Administrator Relations Go From Adversarial to Collegial
Good relations between ethics and hospital administration require a solid understanding of their distinct roles.
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‘Tremendous Interest’ in Dementia-specific Advance Directives
Court challenges and resistance are expected for recently developed dementia-specific advance directives despite strong demand voiced by patients, family, and providers.
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Advance Care Planning Discussions ‘Buried’ in EHRs: Problem Is Pervasive
Half of patients with a completed advance care planning legal form had no explanatory discussion documented, found a recent study.
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Reporting Individual Results to Research Participants
Noting that IRBs historically have “actively discouraged the disclosure of research results to individual participants,” a recently published consensus report calls for a paradigm shift toward transparency and disclosure of findings to research subjects.
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NIH Reaches Out to Native Americans to Join All of Us Study
The National Institutes of Health is treading carefully and erring on the side of communication and inclusion in asking American Indian and Alaska Natives to participate in the All of Us precision research initiative.
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Meaningful Informed Consent Tells People What They Want to Know
Informed consent forms should provide information that a reasonable person would like to have and that would help an informed person make a decision on whether to participate in a study.
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Managing Conflicts of Interest Requires Time, Expertise
Research institutions could improve their conflicts of interest management by devoting staff or departmental resources to the issue.
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Recent Controversy About Conflicts of Interest Highlights Need for Strong Policies
In the wake of recent controversy, some institutions are revisiting their own conflict of interest policies and practices.
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Surgical Smoke State Laws: What IPs Need to Know
Rhode Island recently became the first state to require healthcare facilities to take measures to protect healthcare workers from the hazardous plume. With other states likely to follow, infection preventionists may want to revisit this issue, particularly the presence of toxic chemicals in the plume and the risk of possible infections and disease.