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A report published in the February Annals of Internal Medicine has received lots of attention as the study that says older doctors dont keep up, but the findings of the Harvard Medical School study apply to any physician who has been out of residency for five years or more, its author says.
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So-called conscience-clause laws that permit physicians to refuse to perform certain procedures or deliver certain types of care came into popularity after the Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion in 1973.
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Suspecting that a colleague might be impaired by drugs or alcohol is difficult; knowing what to do with those suspicions is even harder.
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The Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2002 issued a report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare, that concludes that bias, prejudice, and stereotyping on the part of health care providers may result in differences in care.
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A man whose familys high-profile and successful campaign to solicit a donated liver to save his life has died, eight months after the transplant.
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The physician who first described the persistent vegetative state (PVS) watched in deep dismay at the struggle over the fate of perhaps the most famous PVS patient, Terri Schiavo.
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Some conflicts among families of terminally ill patients or patients in vegetative states cannot be resolved, says an expert in doctor-patient communications, but much can be done before the conflict rises to the level of that in the family of Terri Schiavo.
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Patients who are noncompliant, unpleasant, or troublesome give physicians frequent opportunities to consider terminating their physician-patient relationships.
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While Catholic clergy were perhaps the most vocal religious voices during the controversy over Terri Schiavos life and death, all major religions emphasize the preservation of life. Where standpoints vary, even within religions, is on the question of how long to prolong life.
