http://www.bioethics.net/rss/bioethics.xml bioethics news everyday from bioethics.net/American Journal of Bioethics Copyright 2005 bioethics.net Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:44:10 EST http://www.bioethics.net/ http://www.bioethics.net/images/logo_frontpage_wht.gif 60 200 webmaster@bioethics.net newsupdate@bioethics.net en-us http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7368 Doctors, nurses and other health care workers are tapping into their inner Tolstoys to better connect with patients. With increasing regularity, they're meeting in monthly book clubs to discuss medical-themed literature. Humanities courses are now required in many medical schools. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:44:10 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7363 Last week the US Ambassador visited the Medical School to meet with Maltese doctors to discuss the US health plan. He came across as a humble person, actually asking us about our system and how they, as Americans, can learn from Europeans, who have managed to create health care systems, which are based on a social justice system different from that in the US. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:28:58 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7358 What if Medicare were run like a corporation, with a CEO and a tightly managed budget? That’s the provocative question posed by Daniel Callahan, a healthcare expert at the Hastings Center, a nonpartisan bioethics research institute. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:44:43 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7345 Government doctors and psychologists who participated in and authorized the torture of detainees at Guantánamo Bay and elsewhere have escaped discipline, accountability or even internal investigation. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:07:24 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7331 An elderly woman taken last year to St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Okla., had suffered a massive stroke and could no longer speak, eat or drink. Although she had an advance directive specifying no artificial hydration or nutrition if she weren’t going to recover, local health officials said, her nephew insisted the local bishop’s directive on use of feeding tubes required the Catholic hospital to install one. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:29:01 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7330 On the afternoon that Malcolm Potts and Raymond Dennehy prepared to debate abortion in a lecture hall filled with UC Berkeley students, a noisy confrontation took shape a few dozen yards away in Sproul Plaza. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:28:06 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7328 The Vatican's top bioethics official on Monday dismissed calls for his resignation following an uproar over his defense of doctors who aborted the twin fetuses of a 9-year-old child who was raped by her stepfather. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:53:36 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7323 Life can't get much worse for Christine Taylor. Last month, after an upsetting phone conversation with her estranged husband, Ms. Taylor became light-headed and fell down a flight of stairs in her home. Paramedics rushed to the scene and ultimately declared her healthy. However, since she was pregnant with her third child at the time, Taylor thought it would be best to be seen at the local ER to make sure her fetus was unharmed. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:04:50 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7314 In November 2008, Suzanne Stratton, Ph.D., was summarily dismissed from her job at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL.The events leading up to her firing, those currently known, paint a chilling picture of rogue research, an institutional culture unwilling to support bedrock bioethical values, and the substantial risks conscientious employees take in blowing the whistle on misconduct in science. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:22:26 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7312 Katie Watson warmed up the class with a game of "Hey, let's." Students were asked to shout out a suggestion, and no matter how outlandish, the group had to enthusiastically take it. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:19:32 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7305 Medical fraud kills people. Because it does this slowly and indirectly, we tend not to notice it, and our response is more often the clucking of tongues than the moral outrage that usually accompanies mass murder. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:23:06 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7299 The top court in President Obama's home state just struck down a law that capped malpractice awards against doctors and hospitals. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:44:46 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7297 Physicians in training and bioethicists at Johns Hopkins have created an easy-to-remember checklist to help medical students and clinicians quickly assess a patient’s decision-making capacity in an emergency. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:41:40 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7293 In the rarefied world of fashion magazines, beauty editors have often relied on a coterie of prominent dermatologists and plastic surgeons to keep them current on advances in cosmetic medicine. This symbiotic relationship has benefited magazines eager for beauty scoops and doctors seeking visibility — and patients. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:42:38 EST http://www.bioethics.net/News/?id=7285 British physician Andrew Wakefield, who claimed links between a common children's vaccine and autism, failed in his duties and acted against the interest of the children in his care, the General Medical Council ruled Thursday. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:58:52 EST