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Ethical Issues of Research Recruiting on Social Media
Not surprisingly, the exploding social media landscape is fraught with ethical intrigue for researchers who seek to recruit human research subjects for clinical trials.
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No ROMP in the Park: The Complex Intersection Between QI and Clinical Research
Somewhere between typical human research and clinical practice, there is gray area assigned the acronym ROMP — “research on medical practices” — that includes activities such as continuous quality improvement, comparative effectiveness research, and electronic medical record review, the authors of a new study explain.
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A Fresh Method to Adverse Event Tracking in Behavioral Studies
Researchers in Texas studied a state-of-the-art adverse event monitoring program for behavioral health clinical trials.
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Study: Palliative Care Meetings Did Not Reduce Anxiety, Depression
Palliative care-led informational and emotional support meetings with families of ICU patients did not reduce anxiety or depression symptoms, and may have increased post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, found a recent study.
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Growing Focus on Physician Well-being: More Than Half Report Burnout
More than half of U.S. physicians are now experiencing professional burnout, found a recent study.
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Data Reveal Reasons for Under-enrollment of Minorities In Clinical Trials
Barriers to enrolling a diverse population of patients in clinical trials are complex and multilevel, concluded a recent study.
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‘Very Serious Ethical Problem:’ Adverse Events Often Unpublished
Much information on adverse events in clinical trials remains unpublished — and the number of adverse events is higher in unpublished than published versions of the same study, according to a recent review.
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Medical Assistance In Dying Now Legal In Canada: Ethicists Are Providing Education
Physician-assisted dying is legal in Canada, due to legislation passed in June 2016. Ethicists are among those providing multidisciplinary education in the hospital setting.
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New Data on Physician-assisted Suicide in U.S.
New data on attitudes and practices of euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide from 1947 to 2016 found that physician-assisted suicide is increasingly being legalized.
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Physician-assisted Dying: It’s ‘Perhaps the Central Question in Medical Ethics Today’
With physician-assisted dying currently legal in six states, hospitals are facing ethical questions on responding to requests and addressing conscientious objectors.