Search results for "Goals of Care"
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
10th Annual Top Hospitalists issue
Meet our 2017 Top Docs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/10th-annual-top-hospitalists.htm
15 Nov 2017
Back and forth on beta-blockers
Hospitalists are weighing the risks vs. benefits of administering beta-blockers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/04/betablockers.htm
15 Apr 2017
The internet of things to come
Technology isn't always as helpful as it seems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/02/free/newman.htm
15 Feb 2017
MKSAP quiz on COPD
Cases involving chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are presented.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/04/mksap-COPD.htm
15 Apr 2016
Antibiotics may carry more cost than benefit for patients at end of life
Experts offer advice on discussing and deciding when to use or avoid.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/antibiotics-end-of-life.htm
15 Feb 2016
In the News
Best practice advice on generics, postdischarge facilities and spending, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/02/in-the-news.htm
15 Feb 2016
End of life in the ICU
Outcomes, whether life or death, should better reflect goals and values of patients, experts say.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/01/end-of-life-ICU.htm
15 Jan 2016
Malignant bowel obstruction
Learn about diagnosis, treatment, and next steps through a case study.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/expert-analysis-malignant-bowel-obstruction.htm
15 Nov 2015
Cases from Maine Medical Center
Meningoencephalitis, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, tophaceous gout, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/11/brief-case-maine-medical-center.htm
15 Nov 2015