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Working Collaboratively with Law Enforcement at Trauma Patient’s Bedside
Trauma patients and law enforcement might arrive together, raising multiple ethical issues — and a potential conflict with clinicians. While some clinicians say law enforcement should never be present on trauma units, others think law enforcement needs unfettered access. The answer likely is somewhere in the middle.
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Housing Instability Associated with Longer Hospital Stays, Higher Costs
New data reveal some insight on a key social determinant of health.
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Physicians Call for Better Healthcare for U.S. Prison Population
Group offers almost two dozen recommendations to influence the public policy agenda.
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Confusion Over ED Instructions Remains Unaddressed Even After Discharge
There is an opportunity to make the ED a place where people feel heard and like they received what they needed, which is especially important because the ED is a crucial point of contact for some historically underserved populations.
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Robust Data Collection, Careful Review Key to Preventing Disparities
A Boston health system has launched a multimillion dollar program aimed at eliminating disparities and promoting antiracist care.
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What Happens if Post-Approval Studies Are Delayed or Do Not Show Benefit?
Essentially, the ethical issues are how to consider the interests of patients today, who are willing to accept uncertainty in the hopes a drug works because they do not have time to wait, and the interests of patients tomorrow, who would prefer to have stronger evidence about what works and what does not.
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Unused Donated Organs, Transplant Inequities Lead to Calls for Systemic Changes
There is longstanding inequity in access to transplantation, substantial nonuse of donated organs, and unexplained variability in performance across the transplant system, according to a recent report.
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Medical Crowdfunding Is Not Providing a Proper Safety Net for the Neediest Patients
While safety nets are supposed to catch everyone in need equally, crowdfunding can be more effective for some people than others. People in states with more uninsured populations, worse poverty, and higher rates of medical debt are more likely to try to raise funds, but are less likely to succeed.
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Healthcare on 2022 Midterm Ballots
Reproductive rights, healthcare business, integrative medicine top of mind for voters in several states.
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Decision-Making Capacity Is Concern for Older Study Participants
It likely is an accident if investigators enroll participants lacking decision-making capacity in trials. Since capacity to consent is not a mandated area to report for most journals publishing research, it may be left out for space or other reasons. Nevertheless, some researchers are seeking to start a conversation about this.