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Editor's note: Medical Ethics Advisor is beginning an occasional series with articles designed to help provide useful information in the organizing and administration of ethics committees.
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Editor's note: In the August 2008 issue, Medical Ethics Advisor reported on a new requirement by The Joint Commission to become effective January 2009 that hospitals monitor and correct so-called "disruptive behaviors" by health care professionals at their institutions. This month, MEA spoke with Laurie Zoloth at Northwestern University's Center for Bioethics, Science and Society. To discuss how physicians should address either incompetent or other bad behavior by other physicians.
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Occasionally, reports of physician misconduct while a patient is sedated make headlines sometimes locally, sometimes nationally, and sometimes internationally.
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The above quote from an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) in June demonstrates the challenges that physicians can have with certain patients who, in everyday language, refuse to give up the fight to continue with their life, even if a prognosis suggests that is not possible.
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Medical ethics is at the center of a case in the state of North Carolina, whereby the state Department of Corrections is at odds with the North Carolina Medical Board (NCMB) over physician participation in executions.
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Researchers at Durham, NC-based Duke University Medical Center have developed a hybrid imager that could improve detection of breast cancer while also relieving the discomfort associated with traditional breast screening exams such as mammography.
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Adherence to therapy is critical to preventing recurrence in breast cancer patients, but new findings suggest that as many as 13% of women fail to complete the recommended course of radiation following breast cancer surgery.
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It can be frustrating, and even heart-breaking, to find out that a lengthy course of treatment was not effective. This statement is particularly relevant for fast-growing diseases such as cervical cancer.
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A new multicenter study suggests that a simple ultrasound exam of the heel might be able to indicate whether a woman is at risk for an osteoporotic-related fracture.