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Small IRB Shows How to Handle Challenges
One small IRB has evolved in less than a decade from a board that had no full-time or part-time IRB professionals to having its own IRB administrator with part-time assistance. Limited staffing is one of the top challenges of small research programs.
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IRB Methods for Reviewing Gun Violence Study Protocols
Gun violence researchers must be sensitive to the emotional risks of participants.
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IRBs Can Expect Increase in Gun Violence Studies
In 2018, a spending bill allowed for research by the CDC into the causes of gun violence, paving the way for new studies to explore the issue. IRBs will need to anticipate these protocols and better understand risks and ethical issues involved in gun research.
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Widespread Boarding of Pediatric Psychiatric Patients Raises Concerns
It is difficult to imagine a child with a medical emergency staying in an ED for several days waiting for an inpatient bed. Yet, it happens routinely to children and adolescents with psychiatric emergencies.
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Early Documentation of End-of-Life Wishes Linked to Better Outcomes
Careful and early charting of a hospice patient’s end-of-life wishes reduces the chance of an unwanted hospitalization, according to the results of a recent investigation.
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Ethical Education on Mechanical Circulatory Support Lacking
Modern life-sustaining therapies pose some complex ethical questions. Still, most residency and fellowship programs do not address the ethics of these interventions specifically.
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When Is It Appropriate to Admit End-of-Life Patients to ICU?
ICU admission should be based on the alignment of uniquely beneficial treatment offered by the ICU, along with patients’ values and stated goals of care, the authors of a recent paper argued.
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Complex Language Hinders Informed Consent
It is rare for written consent forms used for cancer treatment with radiotherapy to meet recommended readability levels for patient materials, according to the authors of a recent analysis.
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Change in How Donated Livers Are Allocated Sparks Debate
A patient has needed a liver transplant for years, and one finally becomes available in her town. Instead, the organ is shipped by plane to someone hundreds of miles away. Because of a change in how donated livers are allocated, such a scenario could become common.