The Price is (Not) Right Jul 31, 2008
Some have called this a "chilling" corruption of medical ethics, but medical ethics have been in the deep freeze for some time. The American Medical Association, which once strongly opposed abortion, now buys into the "choice" argument despite Hippocrates' admonition that physicians make a habit of two things - "to help, or at least to do no harm.". (Townhall.com)
Lawsuit challenges lethal injection Jul 30, 2008
gofish wrote on Jul 29, 2008 1:17 PM:" I VERY MUCH agree with putting executions on TV. I believe everyone SHOULD see the scum of the earth pay the price for their crimes against humanity. And I'm okay with watching some suffering. And lets not make it a lethal "injection" either. Hook it up on an IV pole and make it a slow drip. At the very least do away with sterility and medical ethics and build us an old sparky. Surely Ameren will cut us a break on the electric bill. Yes, I'm serious, death... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Your DNA's in the post Jul 29, 2008
" Fated to be fat? So far so good, I suppose, but that's still a high risk and I'm not celebrating with a full English breakfast yet. I scan the list of 25 traits again and settle on Crohn's disease. Here I'm told the research indicates that I have a lifetime risk 1.42 times the average. Not so good. But for Diabetes, types 1 and 2, better news. Swab, seal, send, then sweat for a few weeks Next I plump for Obesity - surely a banker. These genes make me look fat, right? No, a lower-than-average... (BBC News -- UK)
Health D-G: Ministry will stand by KL Hospital's medical record Jul 29, 2008
He said the examination was done according to standard operating procedures with strict adherence to medical ethics, confidentiality and professionalism. "The details of the findings have not and will not be disclosed to any unauthorised personnel or agency. No one should speculate or draw conclusions or make assumptions as to the result of the medical examination," he said in a statement Tuesday. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
A Call for a Warning System on Artificial Joints Jul 29, 2008
For several years, Dr. William Jiranek, an orthopedic surgeon in Richmond, has waged a lonely campaign for a registry in Virginia, one that has offered him a crash course in government, law and medical ethics. One of Dr. Jiranek s patients got the ball rolling in 2003 with a $50,000 donation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Texas Man Offers $1 Billion For Cancer Cure Jul 29, 2008
Arthur Caplan, chairman of the department of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, said Dewey's plan seems nave, but Dewey isn't alone in feeling some impatience with the pace of research. Dr. David Euhus, a surgical oncologist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, says he has noticed that those making grants are willing to take bolder steps because they're "getting a little frustrated" by the slow pace of traditional research. (KWTX.com, TX)
Cure Breast Cancer, Get $1B, Man Says Jul 29, 2008
Arthur Caplan is the chairman of the department of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He said Dewey's plan seems naive. (Click2Houston, TX)
Billion-Dollar Bounty on Breast Cancer Jul 29, 2008
Arthur Caplan, chair of the department of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, said Dewey's plan seems naive. "I think sometimes there is a belief that if we have the right incentive, anything can be solved," he said. (ABC News)
Man Offers $1 Billion Reward for Breast Cancer Cure Jul 28, 2008
Arthur Caplan, chair of the department of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, said Dewey's plan seems naive ... Stan Cohen, who teaches a medical ethics course at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Fox News)
Harley Street should hang-up the stethoscope Jul 20, 2008
But every time it teetered on the brink of going deliriously over the top, in marched some tedious plotline involving medical ethics, self-harming models or some such malarkey. Not quite a soap, farcical but not actually a comedy - and a jumbo-sized catheter short of gritty realism - the diagnosis for Harley Street looks critical unless it gets a personality transplant. (Metro)
Are men on verge of extinction? Jul 15, 2008
Dr Sparrow said his somewhat "tongue-in-cheek" argument was based on a line of thought about medical ethics that suggest medical technology should be used to serve the welfare of individuals and remove limitations on the opportunities available to them. He said, "I argue that, if these are our goals, we may do well to move towards a 'post-sex' humanity. Until we have the technology to produce genuine hermaphrodites, the most efficient way to do this is to use sex selection technology to ensure... (India Times, India)
Book club chooses novel Jul 13, 2008
The novel covers family needs, medical ethics, legal decisions and moral choices. Discussion on this book will take place at 7 p.m., July 22, at Calhoun Memorial Library, 321 Moore St., Chetek. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Ethicist helps make decisions on right and wrong Jul 8, 2008
The field of medical ethics is only 40 years old ... What major ethical issues do you try to address in the medical ethics field. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
She says creatorwill have final choice Jul 3, 2008
JG wrote on Jul 2, 2008 1:30 PM:" Jayme, life begins at conception--and a human being is never anything than what it already is. So...is a fetus life unworthy of life, to borrow a phrase from Nazi medical ethics? ". Kids say the darnest things wrote on Jul 2, 2008 1:09 PM:" Jayme: Mythical figures don't say anything....are you sure you're an athiest?? For you're sake I hope being an athiest wasn't a mistake! I would hate to see you get condemmed by a Mythical figure.uamommy: You hit the real... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Feature: medical ethics? Jul 1, 2008
Is it fair to bar an exemplary student from medical school because of a spent conviction. Jessica Shepherd reports. (Guardian Unlimited -- Society)
Rupa Marya composes songs with meaning that go beyond words Jun 27, 2008
A medical doctor on the faculty of the University of California-San Francisco, she teaches interns about ICU communication for UCSF's department of medical ethics, analyzing how families understand their loved one's prognosis in the ICU.. "How we're conveying information to one another is something that's very interesting to me," Marya says. (Boston Globe)
Disclosure Of Organ Transplant Risks: A Question Of When, Not If Jun 27, 2008
Additional authors on the New England Journal of Medicine paper are Abraham Shaked, MD, PhD, Director of the Penn Transplant Institute, Arthur Caplan, PhD., Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics, and Richard D. Hasz, MFS, vice president for clinical services at the Gift of Life Donor Program. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS.. (Science Daily)
Doctors reavealing HIV status of Matfuh Fauzi Jun 26, 2008
What the doctors did is against medical ethics and against human rights. The Indonesian Doctors Association should reprimand them and the doctors should apologize to Maftuh Fauzi's family. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Rape victim, 11, can't abort in Romania Jun 22, 2008
BUCHAREST: A medical ethics panel in Romania refused on Friday to grant an abortion to an 11-year-old who had allegedly been raped by her uncle, a hospital official said. "According to the penal code, after the 14th week of pregnancy, termination is only permissible if the mother's life is endangered or if the foetus suffers from malformation," said Vica Todosiciuc, head of the Cuza Voda maternity section in the northeastern city of Iasi. (India Times, India)
Digital records imperil privacy Jun 22, 2008
With patient safety, medical ethics and health care access at stake, a patient's right to refuse online digital medical records and to limit outside access to private medical data is critical. There's more at stake here than patient privacy: No patient or doctor should be forced to cede authority over private medical decisions to self-interested outsiders. (Baltimore Sun)
Former bioethics institute head takes Albany Medical College to court Jun 21, 2008
McGee is still considered a tenured medical ethics professor at the private college. Detailed terms of the severance package were not disclosed in the court filing. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Doctors offer to treat dying Winnipeg man after colleagues refuse Jun 20, 2008
" Arthur Schafer, a medical ethicist at the University of Manitoba, said the physicians were correct to follow their conscience once they'd formed a professional opinion on Golubchuk's case. "They did morally the right thing," Schafer said. "As every first year medical student learns, the basic principle of medical ethics is 'do no harm. " But Percy Golubchuk, the patient's son, said it's all about being able to trust that a medical team will provide the care that's needed to preserve life. A... (CBC.ca)
'What's wrong with selling kidneys?' Jun 20, 2008
What's wrong with selling kidneys. - International Herald Tribune. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Human rights group says it has proof of detainee abuse Jun 18, 2008
The report also alleges that in four of the cases, American health professionals appeared to have been complicit by denying the detainees medical care and observing the abuse but making no effort to stop it - charges that, if true, represent gross violations of medical ethics ... And in another apparent violation of medical ethics, two of the former Guantanamo detainees said they suspected that the psychologist that interviewed them while in custody shared information about them with their... (Boston Globe)
2 more Winnipeg docs quit over life-support order Jun 17, 2008
"Schafer made what he called a "whimsical and black" suggestion to resolve the impasse."Perhaps, since it's a violation of medical ethics for doctors to treat Mr. Golubchuk. then maybe the family's lawyer and the judge should be there to hack away at his flesh and crush his ribs," he said.Kravetsky was appalled when told of Schafer's remark."That's totally disrespectful to court and counsel, and it's unethical for him to say anything about what a judge or lawyer ought to do," he said. ... (Canada.com)
'Dead' patient comes around as organs are about to be removed Jun 12, 2008
They are pushing for the issue to be discussed as part of a consultation next year on a proposed, new law on medical ethics. Professor Alain Tenaillon, the organ transplant specialist at the French government's agency of bio-medicine, told Le Monde: "All the specialist literature suggests that anyone whose heart has stopped and has been massaged correctly for more than 30 minutes, is probably brain dead. But we have to accept that there are exceptions.... There are no absolute rules in this... (Independent)
A dose of Dr House Jun 11, 2008
Yes, they dont mind his lack of medical ethics (or any kind of moralities); some of them even revel in them. With House, it is better to have worked with him than not at all. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
The First to Go Jun 3, 2008
Today's debates about medical ethics need to be tempered by this memory. The second aspect is about the definition of disability. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Spiralling costs and indifferent health care Jun 3, 2008
But attending to chronic conditions requiring life-long treatment is almost impossible, says George Thomas, orthopaedician, and editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. To put it very simply, even a leg fracture can set the patient back by Rs. (Hindu)
Did 'doctor' practice deception? May 31, 2008
They lay out a three-year course of study in which the would-be doctor excelled: Human Morphology I: A; Cell and Organ Physiology: A; Medical Ethics: A.. "You see? "she asked. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Children's Rights Group calls for Genital Integrity Policy May 31, 2008
"Moreover, this statement includes chapters on human rights, law, and medical ethics," John Geisheker, J.D., general counsel for DOC, added. "There are many reasons to believe that non-therapeutic circumcision of children may be unlawful and no reason to believe that it is lawful. Non-therapeutic circumcision fails every medical ethics test." ... "International human rights law has profoundly changed medical ethics. Injurious non-therapeutic circumcision cannot comply with contemporary ethical... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
VA psychologist to staff: don't diagnose PTSD May 29, 2008
On top of that, Perez is clearly violating medical ethics with this shocking and disgusting campaign to alter diagnoses to fit a political agenda ... This typical compassionate Christian Nation woman should be hauled before a Congressional Joint Armed Services Committee hearing and questioned about her lack of medical ethics and her failure to "support our troops" dying for our OIL CEO profit margins and election era desperation. (Yahoo News -- Health Care)
EMC CEO reaffirms vow not to sell stake in VMware May 21, 2008
The archdiocese recently made the board independent of church leadership, except in matters of medical ethics and sales of assets. In a recent report issued by Coakley on Caritas Christi, the church's control over board decisions was identified as a problem. (Boston Globe)
Sex Abuse Complaint Against Reardon 40 Years Old May 21, 2008
"Dr. Sadowski was chairman Committee on Medical Ethics and Department of the Hartford County Medical Association.". "Any information about Dr. Reardon that Dr. Sadowski may have learned in that capacity cannot and should not be attributed to St. Francis," the statement continued. (FOX61, CT)
Informed consent in Sri Lanka: a survey among ethics committee members May 20, 2008
BMC Medical Ethics 2008, 9:10doi:10. 1186/1472-6939-9-10. (BioMed Central)
VA psychologist to staff: don't diagnose PTSD May 17, 2008
On top of that, Perez is clearly violating medical ethics with this shocking and disgusting campaign to alter diagnoses to fit a political agenda. If you are not outraged, you are not paying attention. (Chicago Tribune)
Juggling genres, plots, assorted organs May 11, 2008
At times this novel can feel too much like Limbo: not quite a father-son story about loss and recovery and expiation of guilt, nor a gothic thriller about a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein out to push boundaries of medical ethics, nor the Great American Biker Novel or serial comic about circus freaks in exile. Genre blending has become increasingly in vogue thanks in part to the rise of graphic novels and the championing of genre by influential writers such as Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem, but... (Boston Globe)
Mortal concessions May 10, 2008
The World Link: Mortal concessions. By , Entertainment Editor Saturday, May 10, 2008. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Punish the pharmacist May 9, 2008
If there is a conflict between one s personal morals and one s medical ethics, then there are really only two options: change the profession and the code of conduct by working within the profession, or find a new profession. It is that simple. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
6,000 UCSF patients' data got put online May 3, 2008
Hospitals and other health care providers are turning patients into "fundraising free-fire zones," said Dr. Arthur Caplan, chairman of the department of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. "The breach is a symptom, but the real ethics challenge is the extent to which health care institutions are tracking patients and their families for nonmedical reasons - for fundraising, marketing, advertising," Caplan said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Agreement Is Reached On Lyme Disease May 2, 2008
Members of the new board cannot have served on the original panel that developed the guidelines and must be approved by an independent ombudsman who is an expert in medical ethics, and in widely reported conflicts between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Donald Poretz, president of the infectious disease society, said his group agreed to the independent review to put the matter to rest. (FOX61, CT)
Letters to the editor (April 24) Apr 23, 2008
It is immoral and, as that column pointed out, violates medical ethics, for a health care company and its network of doctors to give money to a program, no matter how well-intentioned, that was created by an organization (the Anti-Defamation League) that denies the reality of the Armenian Genocide or for that matter, any genocide or human rights violation. Health-care premiums should be used only on health care, especially in view of the fact that Massachusetts law now requires everyone to pay... (Needham Tab, MA)
CAL THOMAS: Examining our priorities in life,death matters Apr 23, 2008
Two things about this: first, "medical ethics" have not prevented a good number of doctors from performing abortions and a few from engaging in "assisted suicide" at the other end of life; second, I like what Chief Justice Roberts said in his majority opinion: "Some risk of pain is inherent in any method of execution -- no matter how humane -- if only from the prospect of error in following the required procedure. ... It is clear, then, that the Constitution does not demand the avoidance of all... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
New Dean of Chapel taught medical ethics Apr 18, 2008
Davenport has an interest in medical ethics and is on the faculty at the USC Keck School of Medicine, where she teaches the practice of medicine with a focus on ethics and cultural competence. Additionally, she serves as associate priest at St. John s Episcopal Cathedral in Los Angeles. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Doctors caught joking during delicate surgery Apr 17, 2008
Doctors found violating medical ethics could be suspended or expelled from the association, which would result in the suspension or termination of their state health insurance accreditation. The results of the investigation could also be used by the Professional Regulations Commission to suspend or revoke their licenses, Sabili said. (CNN -- International)
Lima Public Library Book ReviewsPosted 4 hours, 13 minutes ago. Apr 13, 2008
She is dedicated to the field of medical ethics, whereas he is immersed in the cutthroat world of pharmaceuticals. When a streetwise yet homeless 10-year-old, Danny, crosses their paths, all three find themselves engulfed in an escalating game of one-upmanship. (Lima News, OH)
Doctor in MMR storm tells conduct panel he had little ethics ... Apr 13, 2008
Doctor in MMR storm tells conduct panel he had little ethics experience - Scotsman. "Dr Wakefield said: "It certainly can be, yes. (Scotsman)
MMR doctor admits ethics failing Apr 12, 2008
The doctor who controversially linked the MMR vaccine to autism has admitted a poor grasp of the medical ethics surrounding work on children. Dr Andrew Wakefield is appearing before the General Medical Council charged with serious professional misconduct. (BBC News -- Health)
Claims shock doctor's backers Apr 12, 2008
The American Medical Association's Code of Medical Ethics says doctors should have chaperones available at all times and that they should make patients aware, either verbally or with signs, that they can request one. The guideline was adopted in 1998. (News & Observer)
Abiomed developing second-generation artificial heart Apr 10, 2008
Dr. Farmer works in Cambridge where she is a fellow in the Division of Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, specifically on the Oversight Board of the Embryonic Stem Cell Research group. She wants to develop the North Shore as a life science center, helping the diverse group get to know one another. (Danvers Herald, MA)
Propranolol for PTSD Apr 6, 2008
The positive affects of propranolol appear to be a promising possibility for the treatment of PTSD, though will require further investigation in terms of both efficacy and medical ethics. Articles on Suite101. (Suite101.com)
De la Torre approved as CEO Apr 3, 2008
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Medical ethics presentation set for April 24 Mar 29, 2008
Nicolet Area Technical College and Ministry Health Care are co-sponsoring a free Medical Ethics presentation on Thursday, April 24 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Saint Marys Hospital in the lower level conference rooms 1 isa H. Newton, PhD from Fairfield University will be the presenter. Saint Marys Hospital is located at 2251 North Shore Drive in Rhinelander. (Rhinelander Daily News, WI)
Free Drug Samples May Burden Patients' Pockets Mar 25, 2008
2, 2006) One in three doctors agree that free drug samples influence prescribing, finds a small but representative U.S. survey published in the Journal of Medical Ethics. But they also think that other. (Science Daily)
Woman who sought euthanasia found dead Mar 20, 2008
It refused the request for doctor-assisted suicide because of French law and out of concern for medical ethics. Unlike in France, euthanasia is legal in both Belgium and the Netherlands, and Luxembourg is in the process of passing a law to allow it. (MSNBC -- International)
Self-Experimenters: Daughter of MRI Researcher Offered Her Brain for Virtual Dissection Mar 19, 2008
Including family members in a research study is highly unusual and goes against the policies of many review boards, says Norman Fost, professor of pediatrics and director of the medical ethics program at the University of Wisconsin Madison. "Our guidelines routinely say that recruitment should exclude people in status relationships" people over whom the researcher has authority, such as employees he says. (Scientific American)
Woman With Disfiguring Cancer Begs to Die Mar 19, 2008
But the court ruled that Sbire could not have a doctor help her die because it would breach medical ethics and French law, under which assisted suicide is a crime. Sbire's lawyer Gilles Antonowicz denounced the decision as "total hypocrisy" and called on President Nicolas Sarkozy to change the law on the end of life. (ABC News)
Was John Paul II Euthanized? Mar 16, 2008
Indeed her accusations are grave, questioning the Catholic Church's strictly traditional stances on medical ethics, including the dictum from John Paul's own 1995 encyclical Evangelium Vitae to use all modern means possible to avoid death. Recalling the Vatican's medical reports during John Paul's last days, Pavanelli writes: "I'm surprised that I myself failed to critically examine the information. I let my perceptions conform to the hope of recovery and the official version, without... (Time.com)
A Chance to Advance Mar 15, 2008
The second section, taught in the last four months, covers things like medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, medical ethics and privacy, and organization and stress management. The program was developed by Catalyst Learning, a distance learning company in Louisville, Ky. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
When You Only Have Weeks to Live Mar 8, 2008
"It's not [a doctor's] job to take away hope but to try to provide support and be realistic as possible," said Dr. Michael Grodin, the director of medical ethics at Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health. "We are notoriously bad at predicting how much time a patient has left. "You can obviously say that if someone has metastatic cancer that it's unlikely they're going to live for years," said Grodin, who said that it's always "very tough" to tell a patient he is dying. "But then... (ABC News)
The power of the placebo Mar 4, 2008
Here, some judicious enhancement of the placebo effect might be in order without transgressing medical ethics. It would not be wrong for a doctor to point out how a drug works and what benefits it might bring the patients, says Dr Derbyshire, as long as you do not exaggerate the effects. (Business Spectator)
Doctors `Repeatedly or Deliberately' Break FDA Rules, Continue Drug Trials Mar 1, 2008
There's no excuse for that kind of delay whatsoever,'' said Arthur L. Caplan, chairman of the medical ethics department at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. When you know there's a bad apple out there, you've got to get rid of that apple in a reasonable period. (Bloomberg)
Ismail: Botched cosmetic surgery victims not making reports Feb 29, 2008
He said this after launching the book Medical Ethics, Etiquette and Law by Dr Abdul-Hamid Abdul-Kadir here yesterday. Fatimah had been on life-support since Jan 18, after she had undergone a tummy tuck, liposuction and surgery for her eye bags. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Antibiotics for dementia patients questioned Feb 27, 2008
"You might rescue the patient from life-threatening pneumonia and they live a few days, weeks or even months longer," said Bruce Jennings, a bioethicist with the Hastings Center, a research institute on medical ethics. "But the extra time you have bought them by that rescue is not beneficial.". (CNN -- Health)
Doctors Stress the Need to Enforce Ethics in Colleges Feb 24, 2008
Dr. Ajay Kumar, the vice president of the Indian Medical Association, during the annual function of the Physiological Society of the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) on Friday stressed the need for enforcing medical ethics in medical colleges saying the knowledge of medicine was incomplete in the absence of morality. "Despite clear instructions by the Indian Medical Council, medical colleges are failing to impart education on medical ethics which happens to be a mandatory requirement for... (Patna Daily)
