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An implanted heart rhythm device may generate repeated painful shocks during a patient's final hours, at a time when the natural process of dying often affects the heart's rhythm. Yet, clinicians rarely discuss options for limiting these distressing events at the end of life (EOL), according to a new review of literature1, appearing in American Journal of Nursing.
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The case of a pair of "craniopagus" twins (conjoined at the head) illustrates the complex bioethical issues involved in deciding whether to attempt separation surgery, according to an article1 in a recent issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
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The Hastings Center is exploring the ethical challenges that clinicians and organizations face when providing medical care to undocumented immigrants in the United States. The project is supported by a grant from the Overbrook Foundation Domestic Human Rights Program.
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Among the latest healthcare trends seeking to advance "individualized medicine" are private companies marketing genetic testing directly to patients.
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Consumer web sites such as LivingSocial, Groupon, Loclly, and Ebates are popping up in millions of e-mail inboxes across the United States offering everything from sushi dinners and massages to car washes and now, healthcare.
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When review boards and research organizations' quality improvement (QI) offices work together, the net effect is a more thorough and efficient human subjects research process, experts say.
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The smartphone has helped drive the astronomical growth of the group coupon market, since notifications of daily coupons, also known as "daily deal alerts," are sent directly to the phone and the codes can be redeemed directly off of the device.
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In an updated report1 that appears in a recent issue of Journal of Palliative Medicine, researchers examined the ability to accessibility of palliative care in U.S. hospitals.
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Planning for a disaster is always important and necessary, and probably even more so when the disaster affects the mentally impaired in a hospital setting.
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The question of whether to inform patients of a previous provider's error was highlighted recently in a discussion posted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
