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If there was anyone left in doubt, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic has put the question to rest. Infectious diseases are back as a major threat to human health, say world public health officials, even among industrialized nations that once believed they were safe from harm.
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No sooner had public health officials lauded the international scientific cooperation that led to the discovery of a new Coronavirus as the cause of the highly contagious and deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), than scientists from the different communities lined up to ensure they wouldnt be left out in the cold when it comes time to profit from their discoveries.
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In teaching health care providers how to care for patients at the end of life, many institutions forget to teach the providers that they need to care for themselves as well.
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Although all health care institutions and specialties are challenged by simultaneously rising costs and lack of financial resources, the problem is particularly acute in critical care, say experts.
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For many years, institutions involved in training the nations bioscience researchers have spent a great deal of time and money ensuring that their graduates function at the cutting edge of science and technology.
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For many years, institutions involved in training the nations bioscience researchers have spent a great deal of time and money ensuring that their graduates function at the cutting edge of science and technology.
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Two severely ill patients in the emergency department of your hospital need admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), but only one bed is available. Who gets admitted first?
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Physicians often have to give bad and distressing news to patients. The screening tests have found cancer. An ultrasound shows that a pregnancy is not progressing normally. A planned treatment regimen is not having the desired result.
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In July 2002, the North Carolina Medical Board made history by becoming the first state board to revoke the license of a physician for giving what it considered to be false and misleading testimony in a medical malpractice case.
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The department of maternal and fetal medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Nashville, TN, sees many patients referred in from rural parts of the state to receive specialized care not available in their own communities.