Medical Ethics
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Demand for Pediatric Ethics Consults Is Increasing
As a long-term member of the ethics committee at Akron Children’s Hospital, Julie M. Aultman, PhD, noticed a shift in the types of consultations in which ethicists were engaged. Consults involved a wide range of issues, from end-of-life care to organizational ethics. Overall, cases were becoming more complex.
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Patients’ Advance Care Planning Sometimes Is Disregarded
If patients leave the hospital having done advance care planning, many assume future clinicians will know about it regardless of when or where they seek care. However, this does not always happen.
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Ethical Concerns with Unmet Needs of Families of Cardiac Arrest Survivors
A need for information is a top priority for families of cardiac arrest survivors, a recent study found.
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Ethical Guidance for Patients with Delirium at End of Life
It is important for clinicians to recognize clinical and ethical challenges when older adults develop delirium at the end of life.
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Informed Consent Concerns for Study Participants with Neurological Disorders
Despite clear ethical and regulatory mandates to obtain informed consent before research enrollment, multiple barriers exist for prospective participants in neurological research.
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Ethicists Get Consult Requests for Moral Distress
Some ethics consults are requested specifically because a clinician is experiencing moral distress.
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Not All Clinicians See Value in Ethics Consults
Clinicians’ negative views of the ethics service often are rooted in misunderstanding.
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Ethics Curriculum Prepares Students for Code Status Discussions
Future physicians need time to develop authentic communication strategies to address morally and emotionally complex topics.
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Unresolved Ethical Questions on Direct-to-Consumer Healthcare
Researchers decided to conduct a literature review on the ethical issues of direct-to-consumer healthcare.
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For Surrogate Decision-Makers, Psychological Distress Is Common
Many surrogate decision-makers struggle with making decisions on life-sustaining treatments for a loved one with serious illness.