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Patients With LVADs More Likely to Die in Hospitals
LVADs are becoming increasingly common, and researchers say they expect to see more patients with LVADs dying at home.
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Study: Many POLST Forms Completed by Surrogates
Surrogate preferences on Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms were 60% less likely to choose “all treatment” than patients who made their own decisions, found a new study.
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Clinicians Believe Chaplains Helpful — But Call on Them Infrequently
One study found that chaplain consults were rare, mainly reserved for dying patients, and usually occurred in the last 24 hours of life or even after death.
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Providers Experience Moral Distress in Pediatric Mental Healthcare
Limited community resources, such as lack of available inpatient beds, are among the issues facing clinicians.
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‘Tremendous Need’ for Research on EMRs and Advance Care Plans
Despite the proliferation of EMRs, there is little evidence of how useful they are in improving advance care planning.
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Updated Ethics Manual Addresses Many New Realities in Clinical Practice
Genetic testing, the protection of human subjects, social media professionalism, precision medicine and genetics, telemedicine, and physician volunteerism are just some of the ethical challenges clinicians now face.
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Consortium Pushes for Evidence-Based Research Oversight
Rather than careful forethought of action, many of the principles of human research protections are essentially reactionary, formed in the aftermath of a succession of horrific episodes of unethical experimentation, experts say.
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Social Media Use By Participants Can Undermine Trials
The rapid communication enabled by various devices and platforms could undermine clinical trials, allowing research subjects to share notes and possibly manipulate the study.
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Does Federal Right to Try Law Imperil State RTT Laws?
Adding to the considerable confusion on Right to Try laws, by which dying patients may seek access to experimental drugs, a legal expert tells IRB Advisor that the 41 RTT state laws may be found unconstitutional if they conflict with the federal law passed last year.
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Working Group Created Common Rule 'To-Do' List
An IRB working group in Texas created a new Common Rule to-do list through collaboration between the University of Texas at Arlington IRB and other area IRBs.