Medical Ethics
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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.
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Clinicians Have New Ethical Framework for AI in Pediatrics
As healthcare institutions continue to adapt and incorporate novel AI-driven technologies, it is imperative to include ethicists in deliberations and policy development.
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Ethicists Can Proactively Prepare for AI Systems
There is a lot of speculation on the part of ethicists as to how ChatGPT or other adaptive artificial intelligence (AI) systems that have been or will be developed, could affect their jobs, their role, ethics education, and the overall field of bioethics.
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Ethicists May Face Cuts in FTEs, Less Protected Ethics Time — and Increased Workload
Some ethics programs are facing the possibility of full-time employees (FTEs) or protected ethics time being decreased.
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Ethical Considerations with After-the-Fact Informed Consent
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are seeking to validate a new technology to isolate and identify bacteria in the bloodstream of very sick patients — something that takes more than 24 hours using traditional blood cultures.
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Most ED Patients Overestimate Success of CPR
Emergency physicians routinely need to ask patients about their wishes for care if they go into cardiac arrest.