Search results for "Ethics"
Latest updates on ACP's priorities, initiatives
ACP Spotlight offers readers a look at ACP's current top priorities and initiatives, as well as highlights from our e-newsletter, ACP Internist Weekly.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/10/latest-updates-on-acps-priorities-initiatives.htm
1 Oct 2023
New ACP ethics case study addresses institutional policies banning smokers from being hired
The case study explores the ethical issues that can arise when employers include documents in new employee packets confirming that the new hire does not smoke or use tobacco products.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/15/7.htm
15 Sep 2015
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Governance Committee of the American College of Physicians places in nomination the following candidates for College governance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/11/nominees-named-for-college-officer-and-regent-positions.htm
1 Nov 2023
New ethics case study addresses the EHR
The ACP Center for Ethics and Professionalism has posted a new case study, “Copied and Pasted and Misdiagnosed (or Cloned Notes and Blind Alleys)” on Medscape.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/22/9.htm
22 May 2012
Ethical duties in “Talking with Patients about Other Clinicians' Errors”
A recent New England Journal of Medicine Sounding Board article examined clinicians' ethical duty to address others' medical errors with patients and examines possible solutions for both physicians and institutions.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/05/8.htm
5 Nov 2013
How medical ethics principles affect daily patient care
Is medical ethics an important aspect of real world medical practice today? Or a quaint notion for the history books based on “Mom and apple pie” generalisms?
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/02/14/10.htm
14 Feb 2012
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Governance Committee of the American College of Physicians places in nomination candidates for College governance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/11/nominees-named-for-college-officer-and-regent-positions.htm
1 Nov 2021
Letter to the Editor
A reader reacts to ethics surrounding civilian and war-time prisoner containment.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/09/letters.htm
1 Sep 2008
Palliative care guidelines updated with increased focus on collaboration, communication
The guidelines from the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care focus on two main concepts: that palliative care is inclusive of all people with serious illness and that timely consideration of palliative care is the responsibility of all who care for the seriously ill, including primary care physicians, subspecialists, and hospitalists.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/11/06/4.htm
6 Nov 2018
Internal Medicine Meeting 2022 goes hybrid
It will be the first in-person Internal Medicine Meeting since 2019 in Philadelphia and the first Internal Medicine Meeting held in the Windy City since 1990.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/03/internal-medicine-meeting-2022-goes-hybrid.htm
1 Mar 2022