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If an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) were to occur in the United States this year, our health care and public health systems might have a significantly harder time detecting and containing spread of the virus than the countries that experienced cases last year, experts say.
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Over the past decade, obstetricians have noted an interesting phenomenon more women rejecting the concept of a natural birth and requesting elective cesarean deliveries, sometimes called patient-choice cesareans or cesareans on demand.
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CEJA Guidelines for Internet Use
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As new information technologies continue to make person-to-person communications easier and more varied, they also are transforming the way that health care can be provided.
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Hastings Center issues report on reprogenetics
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New federal laws aimed at encouraging drug companies to study how well their products work in children have had the unintended consequence of weakening already vague protections that prevent child research subjects from being exploited, a leading human subjects research advocate claims.
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In the emergency department (ED) at Palmetto Health-Richland, a 649-bed regional community teaching hospital in Columbia, SC, two waiting rooms have been converted into functional, secure units for patients with behavioral health problems who are waiting for transfer to a mental health treatment facility.
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The Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP), a nonprofit research advocacy organization based in New York City, offers the following recommendations for the safety of children involved in clinical research: