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Ethicists are Seeing More Complicated Cases
Ethicists at Memorial Medical Center were seeing increasingly complicated cases extending over longer time frames, and created a tool to determine complexity of cases.
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VHA Uses Comprehensive Approach to Ethics Evaluation
Is an ethics consultant highly qualified and able to demonstrate his or her knowledge with an impressive portfolio of cases?
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Ethicists Demonstrate Benefits by Surveying Clinicians
Ethicists at Indiana University surveyed clinicians about their experience with ethics consultation.
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Want to Assess Ethics? Clear Standards are a Good Start
As a consultant who helps healthcare organizations with their ethics programs, Ellen Fox, MD, often finds people want to evaluate quality but don’t know where to begin.
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No Current Standards for Training on Ethics Consults
The Association of Bioethics Program Directors is currently considering standards for healthcare ethics consultation training programs.
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ASBH to Address Lack of National Standard for Ethics Consultation
The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities is considering developing a national standard for assessment of individuals who perform clinical ethics consultations.
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Medical Ethics Advisor Spotlights Quality
This month’s issue of Medical Ethics Advisor is a special issue on quality and ethics.
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Digital Pills Raise Informed Consent, Privacy Concerns
The FDA recently declined approval of what would have been the first mass-marketed drug to include an ingestible sensor.
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Report: Family Caregivers Often Unprepared
A diverse group of family caregivers in New York participating in discussion groups in 2015 reported feeling unprepared for the complex medical and nursing tasks they were expected to perform at home for their family member, according to a recent report.
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Human Trafficking Training is an Ethical Concern
There’s a clear need for medical students, residents, and healthcare providers across disciplines to be informed on human trafficking, but there are no formal requirements for psychiatrists to be educated on this, a recent paper concluded.