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Potential Adverse Outcomes of Gene Therapy
Gene therapy may warrant long-term follow-up of research subjects due to the risk of delayed adverse events.
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FDA Gene Therapy Draft Calls for Long-term Follow of Subjects
The FDA recently issued multiple draft guideline documents on the fast-emerging field of gene therapy, including guidance on specific diseases like hemophilia and the need to follow some research subjects long-term to assess delayed adverse events.
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Does Use of Biospecimens From Children Require Reconsent When They Are Adults?
There is considerable ethical debate about the issue of reconsent at age 18 from research subjects who provided biospecimens as infants, children, or adolescents. Practices currently vary widely among institutions.
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Shared Decision-making Is ‘Moral Imperative’ Despite Challenges in ED
Shared decision-making is an important concept for patient autonomy, but how does it play out in the unique ED setting?
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Study: Less Money Spent on End-of-Life Care for Rural Medicare Patients
Medicare expenditures are lower for rural beneficiaries with cancer than urban beneficiaries, found a recent study.
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Nurses Report Barriers to Involving Family Caregivers
Patient care demands, the professional practice environment, and lack of resources hindered nursing family caregiver involvement, found a recent survey of 374 critical care nurses.
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Education Needs Still Unmet for Family Presence During Resuscitation
Critical care nurses’ needs for education on family presence during resuscitation are not being met, found a recent survey of 395 critical care nurses.
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Novel Training Program Pairs Clinicians With Chaplains
Patients’ spiritual needs often go unaddressed due to providers’ lack of prioritization, time, and training. A novel training program pairs clinicians and chaplains.
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Proposed Model Ethics Curriculum Developed for Dermatology Residency
Standardized methods to teach ethics skills in dermatology residencies are currently unavailable. A recent paper offers a model curriculum.
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Ethics Services Report Unprecedented Surge in Demand for Consultations
At the same time ethics consultation services are seeing a surge in demand, cases are increasing in complexity.