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Dementia Program Linked to High Hospice Use, Low Acute Care Utilization
Patients participating in a comprehensive dementia care co-management program were highly involved in advance care planning, high rates of hospice use, and lower acute care visits near the end of life, according to a recent study.
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Assumptions on Correct Surrogate Are Legally, Ethically Problematic
Generally speaking, ethicists consider three things: Who has had regular contact? Who has shown care and concern? And who knows the patient’s wishes best?
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Social Media Research Presents Many Unresolved Ethical Issues
The authors of a recent paper propose steps the scientific community can take to ensure social media data are used ethically.
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New Efforts Help Emergency Medicine Residents Gain Hospice, Palliative Medicine Skills
Emergency medicine residents have very little time to learn hospice and palliative medicine skills. This includes symptom management and effective communication. There currently is no nationally defined hospice and palliative medicine curriculum for resident training.
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The Immediate and Downstream Benefits of Ethics Rounds
Regular rounding by ethicists builds trust with clinicians and gets issues resolved earlier with a preventive ethics approach.
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All Financial Conflicts of Interest Influence Findings: ‘There’s Always a Tradeoff Involved’
Given the potential for bias, it is important that all conflicts be disclosed so they can be evaluated — but this does not neutralize the risk.
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Ethics of Genetic Research on Alcohol Addiction
Genetic testing is not yet ready for use in the prediction of alcohol dependence, according to recent ethical guidance.
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Was There Really Support for Single IRB Approach?
To answer this question, researchers reviewed the public comments submitted on the proposal for single-IRB review. They reviewed hundreds of comments on the question when it was originally broached in 2011 and then again in the 2015 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.
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OHRP Explains What to Do About Expedited Reviews
Irene Stith-Coleman, director of the division of policy and assurances at the Office for Human Research Protections, answers questions about recent guidance related to the revised Common Rule and the recent frequently asked questions.
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Overcoming Bots and Trolls in Research on Social Media
Social science research using Twitter to gather attitudinal and behavioral data must account for bots and trolls but can still render meaningful results.