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The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has collected the following data on the current state of the nursing shortage and actions different organizations are taking to address it.
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Nurses are often the health care providers who know the most about a patient’s wishes for end-of-life care, but are sometimes left out of such discussions.
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Institutions that fund or conduct neuroscience research should incorporate ethical considerations into all stages of the process, according to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues’ April 2014 report, Gray Matters, Integrative Approaches for Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society.
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When the family of an elderly Chinese patient insisted she not be told about her diagnosis of metastatic cancer, her physician felt he had an obligation to inform the patient.
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The widely publicized case of Jahi McMath, a California teenager who remains on life support after being declared brain dead, has generated a great deal of discussion on end-of-life issues,
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The Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospitals scandal, which involved unduly long delays in getting doctors’ appointments that jeopardized veterans’ health, “inevitably erodes trust by patients in individual providers as well as our system of health care.
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Providers and researchers are increasingly faced with a difficult decision: Should they inform patients of genetic screening results, when patients did not specifically request such results?
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Key Elements of the Virginia Commonwealth Organ Donation Protocol
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These points summarize the Pharmaceutical Research and Marketing Association (PhRMA) voluntary code on interactions with health care professionals. The full document is available on the associations web site at www.phrma.org.
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