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‘Very Serious Ethical Problem:’ Adverse Events Often Unpublished
Much information on adverse events in clinical trials remains unpublished — and the number of adverse events is higher in unpublished than published versions of the same study, according to a recent review.
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Medical Assistance In Dying Now Legal In Canada: Ethicists Are Providing Education
Physician-assisted dying is legal in Canada, due to legislation passed in June 2016. Ethicists are among those providing multidisciplinary education in the hospital setting.
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New Data on Physician-assisted Suicide in U.S.
New data on attitudes and practices of euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide from 1947 to 2016 found that physician-assisted suicide is increasingly being legalized.
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Physician-assisted Dying: It’s ‘Perhaps the Central Question in Medical Ethics Today’
With physician-assisted dying currently legal in six states, hospitals are facing ethical questions on responding to requests and addressing conscientious objectors.
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Teleconsent Boosts Recruitment of Rural Research Participants
One barrier to recruitment of qualified research participants for clinical trials is the cumbersome, time-consuming consent process. Another is the lack of access to participants in remote locations.
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Ethical Implications of Burdensome Readmissions
Dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid is associated with lower 30-day readmission rates in patients enrolled in a hospice program, found a recent study.
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Researchers Propose Approach to Identify Quality Measures for Ethics
While there is a great deal of diverse literature on clinical ethics consultation, it has never been looked at through the specific lens of quality measurement.
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Ethicists are Seeing More Complicated Cases
Ethicists at Memorial Medical Center were seeing increasingly complicated cases extending over longer time frames, and created a tool to determine complexity of cases.
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VHA Uses Comprehensive Approach to Ethics Evaluation
Is an ethics consultant highly qualified and able to demonstrate his or her knowledge with an impressive portfolio of cases?
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Ethicists Demonstrate Benefits by Surveying Clinicians
Ethicists at Indiana University surveyed clinicians about their experience with ethics consultation.