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New Guidance Targets Informed Consent for Stem Cell Therapies
Patients need to understand what is offered, whether a governmental authority has asserted its legislative right to regulate, and whether the intervention has complied with all applicable regulations.
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Ethical Concerns if Opioids are Given in ED
Medicaid recipients are at moderate risk for conversion to opioid misuse after just one new prescription issued in the ED, according to the authors of a recent study.
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ICU Team Members’ Ethics Knowledge Varies Widely
ICU team members may lack a common language to talk about ethical problems. These differences shape how ICU professionals think about an ethical dilemma — or even whether something is viewed as an ethical dilemma at all.
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Participants Retained Information Best From Highlighted Informed Consent Form
Study participants retained more relevant information from a consent form based on revised U.S. Common Rule requirements than they did from other designs, according to the authors of a recent study.
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Surprisingly Positive Parental Views on Genomic Testing for Seriously Ill Children
Bioethicists have raised many concerns about the possible negative effects of giving genomic information to patients and families. A recent study’s findings were reassuring.
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Fee-for-Service, Value-Based Payment Models Pose Different Ethical Concerns
Physical therapists are facing some ethical dilemmas over reimbursements for quantity over quality, according to the authors of a recent study.
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Limited Exposure to End-of-Life Care for Pediatric Residents
Ethicists can approach these cases with the awareness that from a learner perspective, these situations are rare and often one of the most challenging and memorable experiences of pediatric trainees.
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Survey: More Difficult for Oncologists to Predict Minority Parents’ Decision-Making
Minority parents may feel less well-supported by clinicians in their decisions.
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Palliative Care Widely Misunderstood by Patients and Professionals
In one study, 60% of adults self-reported as knowledgeable about palliative care have at least one misperception. In another similar study, researchers found that 70% of respondents had never heard of palliative care. Perhaps most concerning, a third study revealed 55% of caregivers have never heard of palliative care.
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Policies Ensure Ethical Care for Marginalized, At-Risk, Unrepresented Patients
Adults who have lost (or perhaps never had) decision-making capacity and do not have either an advance directive or an identifiable, capable, and willing surrogate may be the most vulnerable patients.