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No one wants to see the ED used inappropriately, but it can be particularly frustrating when patients keep coming back with problems that never seem to get resolved.
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A new research ethics program seeks to repair problems when investigators misbehave or are in noncompliance.
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The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) released a report taking IRBs to task over what they call inappropriate, indeed absurd, alterations in research protocols and overly stringent guidelines for study submission and approval.
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Years of improvements to the informed consent process and many hours of developing tools and templates to assist IRBs and investigators in fine tuning informed consent documents have helped pave the way for Consent Builder.
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While monstrous hurricanes are not a frequent occurrence, it always pays to be prepared. Hurricane Sandy was something of an anomaly, but cities and hospitals in the Northeast braced for the monster hurricane, putting plans in place to evacuate patients when needed and ways to continue operations even if the worst happened.
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Patient autonomy and parental rights are two primary ethical concerns involving access to emergency contraception, which was recently approved with over-the-counter status without age restriction.
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Clinical ethicists typically play an advisory role, and their recommendations arent always accepted or followed by the clinical team.
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Vermont, Oregon, Washington, and Montana now allow physicians to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients who meet certain criteria and request lethal prescriptions.