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What content should go on electronic readers, such as iPads and Nooks, purchased for use in community health libraries and facility-based resource centers?
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Paid caregivers make it possible for seniors to remain living in their homes.
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The blurring lines between personal and professional relationships between physicians and patients have raised multiple ethical and legal concerns for the healthcare field.
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Acute stroke trials pose unique ethical challenges to researchers. Stroke interventions are extremely time-sensitive, meaning that decisions about treatment and research participation often must be made quickly.
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The new edition of a widely used human subjects protection curriculum has an increased emphasis on community engagement and the importance of ongoing informed consent, says one of its developers.
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Can the informed consent process actually provide too much information? That's the contention of HIV researcher Susan Allen, MD, MPH, DTM&H, director of the Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, based at Emory University in Atlanta, who points to a recent study she tried to conduct in Zambia of participants' knowledge about contraceptive options.
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Seniors covered by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee's Medicare Advantage plan are guided through the end-of-life (EOL) processes and are being empowered with the education, resources, and assistance they need to make their own decisions about what kind of care they want to receive at the end of life.
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The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) recently adopted guidelines concerning ethical conduct for surgeons when dealing with medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
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The nation's largest Catholic and nonprofit healthcare system is launching a demonstration project to determine best methods to reduce or eliminate birth complications and at the same seeking to avoid obstetrics claims through a renewed emphasis on transparency and full disclosure.
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The medical liability response model being implemented in the OB units of five Ascension Health hospitals model emphasizes the need for clinicians to report all events that could result in a lawsuit.
