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June 18, 2013
Guantánamo doctors must refuse to force-feed hunger strikers – physicians
[The Guardian] A group of senior American doctors has called on military physicians at Guantánamo Bay to refuse to work in a mass force-feeding programme that is being used to keep hunger-striking detainees alive. Writing in the prestigious and influ...June 18, 2013
The Challenge of Predicting Future Medicare Expenses
As I pointed out in a recent post, experts have been debating what has caused the recent slowdown in medical spending in the United States. They are also try to figure out whether that slowdown will continue. And figuring this out is pretty darn import...June 18, 2013
Call for nominations of advisory board members/country focal points for the Bioethics Network on Women’s Issues in the Arab Region (BiNWIAR) by 30 June 2013
The “Advisory Board” of the network will be for the first time established. Nomination of the advisory board members (including self nomination) will be open to all members of the network by 30 June 2013. Advisory board is composed of ̷...June 17, 2013
In Memory of Edmund D. Pellegrino
I cannot claim to have had anything more than a casual and intermittent personal acquaintance with Professor Pellegrino, whose passing this last week is a great loss for bioethics, medicine, academia, and the church alike. I did, however, have the priv...June 17, 2013
Sunk Costs and Public Parks
Behavioral economists have written a lot about sunk costs. The idea is pretty simple: once people have invested in an effort – in time or money – they stick with that effort longer than is otherwise justified. They don’t want to feel like they’...June 17, 2013
Hospitals want to test drug with no consent
[Boston Globe] A group of Boston doctors is proposing to join a study that would provide emergency treatment for brain-injured patients without obtaining the trauma victims’ consent, arguing that they often arrive at the hospital unconscious or witho...June 15, 2013
Nevada Enacts POLST Statute
Nevada has just become the latest state to legislatively adopt POLST. Last week, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed A.B. 344. In April, Indiana also enacted a POLST statute. Before that, 18 states already had POLST statutes. &nb...June 15, 2013
The Inspiration of Dr Pellegrino
I have recently taken a break from reading books for book reviews to attend to some of the books in my own “library of unread books”–you know, those books that in the past you had to have, but then never got around to reading, most of...June 15, 2013
"Nudging" Informed Consent Toward One Direction
You enter a grocery store and as you pass through the front door you find a beautiful display of luscious looking fresh fruits. You came to the market to buy some spare ribs and wine for supper but that is way in the back of th...June 15, 2013
POLST Authorizes Unilateral DNAR Orders
In both Maryland and Vermont, a clinician can write a POLST order indicating "no CPR" even without patient or surrogate consent. Regulations in both states authorize the entry of a "do not attempt resuscitation" order on a POLST on the basis that...Published Articles (7)
AJOB Primary Research: Volume 4 Issue 2 - Apr 2013
Using the Best Interests Standard to Generate Actual Duties Loretta M. Kopelman
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 12 - Dec 2012
The Morality of Saved Lives Rajaie Batniji & Paul H. Wise
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 12 - Dec 2012
Global Health Justice and Governance Jennifer Prah Ruger
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 5 - May 2012
The “Difficult” Patient Reconceived: An Expanded Moral Mandate for Clinical Ethics Autumn Fiester
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 3 - Mar 2012
Why Physicians Ought to Lie for Their Patients Nicolas Tavaglione and Samia Hurst
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 3 - Mar 2012
Dodging the Rules, Ruling the Dodgers Haavi Morreim
American Journal of Bioethics: Volume 12 Issue 1 - Jan 2012
Unpredictable Drug Shortages: An Ethical Framework for Short-Term Rationing in Hospitals Philip Rosoff
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National Library of Medicine
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National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
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Cyberspace Telemedical Office
The first portal for personalized healthcare services. Provides a digital medical library, healthcare products, telemedical resources, healthcare resource directories, and a personal health record system.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Information on a number of health topics from the Department of Health and Human Services.
American Public Health Association
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Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities
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June 19, 2013 3:08 pm
The Experts: How Should Physician Pay Be Changed?
Unfortunately, limited by many factors, our health-care system has suffered from insufficient experimentation and a lack of innovation in approaches to physician and nonphysician provider compensation.
June 10, 2013 2:11 pm
Treatments of physical and mental health are coming together
Physicians and therapists traditionally haven’t collaborated much when treating the same patient, but the federal healthcare law is spurring a change.
June 3, 2013 1:26 pm
The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill
Colonoscopies Explain Why U.S. Leads the World in Health Expenditures.
May 16, 2013 2:58 pm
Pot Luck: Could Marijuana Be Used to Treat Diabetes?
In research dubbed “remarkable” by an accompanying editorialist, US doctors describe how current users of marijuana appear to have better blood glucose control than never or former users.
May 14, 2013 5:15 pm
Task Force Recommends Screening All Adults for Alcohol Misuse
About 21% of American adults admit that they engage in risky drinking behaviors, from overindulging, which can lead to physical and mental harm, to alcohol dependence. And it remains the third leading cause of preventable death in the U.S.
May 13, 2013 4:30 pm
Want to Improve Health Care? Spend Less on It
According to a new study of Medicaid recipients in Oregon, increased health-care spending has only a limited impact on improving people’s health.
May 10, 2013 1:25 pm
American Health Care as a Source of Humor
The health system in the United States is in many ways so risible that it comes across as droll even when a dour German-born economist describes it.
April 29, 2013 2:25 pm
Hospitals see surge of superbug-fighting products
The rise of superbugs, along with increased pressure from the government and insurers, is driving hospitals to try all sorts of new approaches to stop their spread:
April 19, 2013 2:45 pm
Health Care Report Could Save Nation $560 Billion Over Next Decade
The Bipartisan Policy Center released a list of 50 recommendations Thursday that would cut the federal deficit by almost $560 billion over the next decade, $300 billion of which would come from Medicare.
April 9, 2013 4:20 pm
Finding the Prescription for Improving U.S. and Global Health Care
Almost every system has its strengths and weaknesses. And right now, almost every one of them is in pursuit of the elusive Triple Aim.
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