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Providing Care Viewed as Futile or Unnecessary Linked to Physician Burnout, Intention to Quit
About one-third of clinicians considered leaving their jobs due to providing care they saw as futile or potentially inappropriate, found the authors of a recent survey.
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Burnout Intervention Dramatically Reduced ICU Turnover
A recent study paints a clear picture of the financial impact on hospitals if burnout goes unaddressed.
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Up to 20% of Patients Excluded From Transplant Due to Lack of Social Support
Social support is one of the factors providers use to determine whether a patient is a candidate for transplant. Recent research suggests this longstanding practice is ethically problematic and should be reconsidered.
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Case-Based Approach to Ethics Education: Consistency Is Goal
Ethicists have another resource to turn to for challenging dilemmas: A Case-Based Study Guide for Addressing Patient-Centered Ethical Issues in Health Care.
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Surprising Ethics Knowledge Gaps in Emergency Medicine Residents
Gaps in clinical ethics knowledge appear prevalent among emergency medicine trainees, and few programs feature dedicated ethics modules, found a recent study.
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Too Few Ethics Consults for Children With Chronic Critical Illness: Less Than 1%
Very few hospitalized children with chronic critical illness get ethics or palliative care consultations, found a recent study.
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Geneticist: Rogue Scientist’s Gene-Editing Procedure Violated Bedrock Ethical Principles
A Chinese scientist’s recent announcement of a genome-editing procedure performed to protect children from HIV has significant implications for the bioethics and genomics fields.
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Values-based Advance Care Planning in Outpatient Oncology
A values-based advance care planning paradigm was acceptable to the vast majority of cancer outpatients but may increase distress, found a recent study.
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Code Status Conversations Often Lacking: Ethics ‘Great Resource’
Patients routinely are asked about code status upon admission, yet communication breakdowns too often occur. Expecting ethicists to sort out this important issue with every patient is, of course, unrealistic.
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Conflicts on Discharge Decision: Home or Skilled Nursing Facility?
Discharge to a skilled nursing facility is sometimes recommended in order to ensure continued independent community living for frail patients. Conflicting views as to what’s best for the patient sometimes raise ethical concerns.