Medical Ethics
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New recommendations on how to ethically manage findings
All practitioners should anticipate and plan for incidental findings so that patients, research participants, and consumers are informed ahead of time about what to expect, and so that incidental findings are aptly communicated if they are found, according to a report from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. -
All families of potential donors aren’t offered opportunity
The primary ethical consideration when approaching families for organ donation is to ensure that the donation authorization process is voluntary and that it respects the wishes of those who want to donate. -
Quality of palliative care training, bedside tools reduce end-of-life ICU use
The quality of palliative care training in critical care medicine programs and the use of bedside tools were independently associated with reduced intensive care unit (ICU) use at the end of life. -
Video shows brutal attack on nurses
The violent attack on nurses at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, MN, was caught on surveillance video that soon was released to the public. The images are disturbing, particularly because the staff members are so defenseless against their attacker. -
System settles false claim charges for $37 million
The healthcare system involved in a false claims investigation prompted by a former employee blowing the whistle has settled the case. Dignity Health hospital system, based in San Francisco, has agreed to pay $37 million to settle the charges. -
Security guard knifed, nurses injured in attack
A recent attack on staff at a hospital in Oklahoma City left a security guard with a knife wound and two nurses injured by a patient.
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Hospital gave wrong med to patient, admits error
An Oregon hospital acknowledges that a patient died because she was administered the wrong medication. -
Healthcare system liable for $1.6M for overdose
A jury in Utah returned a verdict for $1.6 million in a wrongful death and medical malpractice action against Intermountain Healthcare, based in Salt Lake City, for fatally overdosing a patient with a cocktail of medications. -
Patient awarded $3.35 million after bowel perforation and barium misuse
The patient, a 22-year-old college soccer star, was diagnosed with athletic pubalgia by a general surgeon and underwent surgery in 2009. -
$7.9 million verdict for man paralyzed during pain management procedure
The patient, a 63-year-old man, suffered from severe neck pain and opted to undergo a high risk pain management procedure in November 2010.