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USPSTF Recommends Against Using Aspirin as a Heart Attack Prevention Tool
Instead of protecting against various cardiovascular ailments, the drug might cause more harm than good in otherwise healthy older patients.
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Protocols for Scarce Resources Draw on Ethical Principles, Empirical Data
The combination of ethical principles and empirical data is critical. The protocol is not derived only from ethical principles. The empiricist developing the protocol must understand the ethics.
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IRBs Face Unique Ethical Questions About Disaster Research
IRBs must consider the value of the research to advance science and reduce suffering. At the same time, IRBs must consider the potential for harm based on the unique vulnerabilities of disaster survivors in the aftermath.
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The Earlier, the Better for Formal Ethics Training
For physicians anticipating prolonged post-graduate training, a key advantage of this program is it happens concurrently with the medical school curriculum.
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Ethics of 10-Year Research Agenda for Dementia, Alzheimer’s Studies
There is a pressing need for more research on non-cure-based treatments for people living with dementia. That gap in is a real ethical concern. Social-behavioral research can help family members who are struggling to figure out where the loved one with dementia is going to live.
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Ethics Service Uses Relative Value Units to Quantify the Work of Consultants
Unlike clinical areas, ethics services have no consistent way to measure their work. The lack of quantifiable data makes it hard for leadership to comprehend. Administrators live in the world of productivity measures. They do not fully understand the world of clinical ethics. A group at Baylor is working on the a solution that, if nothing else, would help everybody start to speak the same language.
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Study: More Than Half of DNR ED Patients Resuscitated Against Their Wishes
Of 419 cardiac arrest patients, 65 were DNR status. Of this group of DNR patients, 38 were resuscitated against their wishes. Not adhering to a patient’s wishes not only violates their autonomy, but it is arguably not acting in the patient’s best interest — and may in fact be causing them harm.
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Patients, Family, Clinicians All Misunderstand Chaplains’ Role
One way to help is to provide patients and providers with background information on chaplains, with an emphasis on the fact chaplains are certified professionals who are specifically trained to provide patient-focused spiritual care to all people, regardless of belief system.
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Bioethics Field Lacks Standardized Competencies for Trainees
The hope is that training programs will find a way to evaluate not only trainees’ progress, but also the adequacy of their programs in training people to work in the field of bioethics.
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Some Researchers Turn to Social Media Influencers for Help with Recruitment
To do this effectively, researchers must become familiar with the social media environment relevant to their study population, find the right influencers, and contact those people.