Medical Ethics Advisor – June 1, 2018
June 1, 2018
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Novel Approaches to Justify Ethics Resources: Value Goes Beyond ROI
Ethics services often find it challenging to demonstrate financial impact on the organization due to lack of data and the preventive nature of many interventions.
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Many Providers Say Spiritual Needs Should Be Assessed, But Few Do So
Should health professionals take a screening spiritual history of their patients? Most clinicians agreed they should, a recent survey found.
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Physicians’ Mental Health ‘Finally Getting the Attention It Deserves’
Physician well-being is increasingly being recognized as an ethical issue, but mental health stigma remains an obstacle.
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Views on Disclosure of Donor-assisted Conception Are Evolving
Should parents inform their children that they were conceived by gamete or embryo donation? A position statement from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine examines the ethics of this issue.
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Study: Effects of Early Palliative Care Differ by Age, Gender
The effects of early palliative care differ depending on patients’ age and gender, found a recent study.
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Barriers Exist to Family-centered ICU Care
New guidelines from the Society of Critical Care Medicine emphasize the benefits of family-centered care in the ICU.