Medical Ethics Advisor
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Hospitals get an ‘F’ on disciplinary report card
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Facts on the National Practitioner Data Bank
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NIH unveils final guidelines for stem cell research: Is your facility ready?
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Promote storytelling to help patients open up
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Summary of NIH Guidelines on Use of Federal Funds in Stem Cell Research
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Researchers get access, but question added bureaucracy
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Japanese researchers report pain studies
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Ongoing discussion on end-of-life care is needed
An ongoing conversation about patients end-of-life wishes is needed because patient preferences arent necessarily consistent. According to ethicists, ideally providers should start the conversation with the patient when the patients condition is relatively stable and not in crisis. -
Lack of data on palliative care: Need to move into mainstream
There is a need for palliative care to be fully integrated with a holistic approach to patient care, including quality measures, according to bioethicists.