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A chaplain who recently resigned from her post at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD, said her resignation was requested by the hospital after she tried to end a policy permitting The Gideons missionary organization to deliver Bibles to all hospital patients.
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Research ethics is seen as a nuisance at best, an impediment to progress at worst, says a Cornell University medical ethicist, who adds that a closer collaboration between researchers and ethicists might lead to a change in that perception.
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Before an ethics committee takes the time and effort to evaluate its performance, the members might want to step back and examine its standing within the institution.
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The outlook for patients in a minimally conscious state (MCS) may have new potential, according to a team of physicians, scientists, and ethicists who used deep brain stimulation (DBS) to improve function in a man's still-responsive brain networks.
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The mere perception that a physician is stigmatizing patients for carrying the AIDS virus can discourage HIV-infected people from seeking proper medical care, according to researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Religion — or lack of religious beliefs — is a factor in the choice of psychiatry as a profession and in whether some physicians refer their patients to psychiatrists, according to a physician who has undertaken research on medicine and religious beliefs.
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Families who balk at organ donation when faced with the death of a loved one may have been influenced by inaccurate portrayals of organ donation in television programs, Purdue University researchers suggest.
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Tip-toeing around the issue of childhood obesity does more harm than good, an expert panel of pediatric health professionals has decided, so doctors should stop using terms like "at risk of overweight" and instead tell parents clearly when their children are overweight or obese.
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Health care providers are watching cautiously as the federal government undertakes an ambitious $50 million, five-year research project that will employ a controversial arrangement that avoids the traditional informed consent process.
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One of your patients dies as the result of an AIDS-related infection. During the time he was under your care, he made it clear that he did not want his parents to know that he was HIV-positive or suffering from AIDS.
