Articles Tagged With: ethics
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Adolescents Know More About Abortion Restrictions than Most Expect
Adolescents are fully aware and concerned about how abortion restrictions can affect them, and most use the internet and social media for information on abortion, new research shows.
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Ethics Curriculum Prepares Students for Code Status Discussions
Future physicians need time to develop authentic communication strategies to address morally and emotionally complex topics.
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Unresolved Ethical Questions on Direct-to-Consumer Healthcare
Researchers decided to conduct a literature review on the ethical issues of direct-to-consumer healthcare.
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Ethical Considerations with After-the-Fact Informed Consent
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are seeking to validate a new technology to isolate and identify bacteria in the bloodstream of very sick patients — something that takes more than 24 hours using traditional blood cultures.
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Ethics Concerns over Undisclosed Conflicts in Psychiatric Guidelines
For six years, Brian J. Piper, PhD, has conducted studies on conflict of interest disclosures in the textbooks used to train physicians, pharmacists, and other allied healthcare providers.
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Many Ethical Questions Still Unresolved with Xenotransplantation
A group of experts recently convened to explore ethical and legal issues involved with xenotransplantation and attempted to delineate areas of consensus and areas where there is still controversy.
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Clinicians Need Help with Ethically Complex ICU Discharges
Clinicians are struggling with some intensive care unit (ICU) discharges that they believe potentially are unethical.
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Physicians Share Views on Medical Aid in Dying
Ethical controversy over medical aid in dying (MAiD) persists, despite the practice being legal in some jurisdictions.
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‘Ethics Liaisons’ Can Maximize Reach of Ethics Service
Some nurses and physicians are taking on a role of ethics liaison to serve as a point of contact between clinicians, patients, and ethicists.
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Ethical Concerns if Medical Students Struggle with Mental Health
There is a critical need to prepare medical students early in their training to recognize emerging signs of psychiatric illnesses.