Search results for "Ethics"
Deciding about CPR when a DNR order is confusing
Deciding about CPR when a DNR order is confusing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/cpr.htm
15 May 2008
Not all doctors fully disclose errors, pharma ties, bad prognoses, survey finds
A significant proportion of physicians do not completely agree that they should disclose serious medical errors or financial relationships with drug and device companies to patients, according to a recent survey.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/02/15/5.htm
15 Feb 2012
Career advice on mentors, interviews, and contracts
Tips for new hospitalists and those on the move.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/career-advice.htm
15 May 2016
Breakthrough infections, cardiovascular effects of COVID-19, pandemic mental health
Two new studies reported on infections in fully vaccinated people, while another looked at the rate of myocardial infarction and stroke in patients with COVID-19. A survey found depression and anxiety to be common during the pandemic, and the push for mandatory vaccination of health care workers continued.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/04/1.htm
4 Aug 2021
Hospitalists weigh ethical, practical impacts of aid-in-dying laws
Early experience with California's End of Life Option Act highlights some of the challenges and concerns with allowing physicians to help seriously ill patients end their lives.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/impacts-of-aid-in-dying-laws.htm
15 Jan 2018
Letter from the Editor
This month's issue includes articles on ransomware attacks at hospitals, aspirin overuse in afib, communication skills training, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/10/lfe.htm
15 Oct 2016
The rights of patients vs. hospital employees
As doctors, our job is to do the best for our patients. We may not always like them or their opinions, but we have to learn to work around it, or refer them to someone who can.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/04/blog.htm
15 Apr 2013
Palliative med conference offers advice on hip fracture, treatment withdrawal, organ donation
News from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine's annual assembly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/05/conference-palliative.htm
15 May 2015
September 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/
In the News
Guidelines on spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage, hospital weekend services, low-risk chest pain patients, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/08/in-the-news.htm
15 Aug 2015