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Examining ethical dilemmas that occur in everyday practice
Finally, from a preventive ethics perspective, this case highlights the importance of having early conversations with patients and families about foreseeable future ethical dilemmas. ... E-mail us your comments on this case and commentary. ACP's Center
January 2008
ACP Internist
Dr. Kirsch is a full time practicing physician and writer who addresses the joys and challenges of medical practice, including controversies in the doctor-patient relationship, medical ethics and measuring medical ... The American Medical Association
November 2021
Ethics rounds
Ethics rounds. A 35 year old woman comes to see you for a sore throat. ... Respecting a patient's autonomy (one of our current ethical imperatives) means providing informed consent, that is, telling the patient anything they reasonably need to know to
November 2021
Influence, interactions, and ethical dilemmas
Image by AndreyPopov. Dr. Bledsoe, the Immediate Past Chair of ACP's Ethics, Professionalism, and Human Rights Committee, detailed this dilemma via email among several other personal experiences. ... BMJ Qual Saf. 2017;26:200-208. [PMID: 27009311].
May 2019
Dementia care poses ethical quagmires
Jokela, MD, MPH, FACP, Chair of ACP's Ethics, Professionalism, and Human Rights Committee. ... To Eric Tangalos, MD, FACP, a geriatrician at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., the primary ethical issue in dementia care is diagnostic disclosure.
May 2020
Experts weigh in on ethics of social media success
Image by Urupong. A recent case study from ACP's Center for Ethics and Professionalism, accessible on Medscape (login required), noted that the definition of professionalism demands that “physicians put patient ... professor at Brown Medical School and
May 2021
War dilemmas put medical ethics under fire
During the session, sponsored by the College's Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee, Walter J. ... The ethical pressures on these hypothetical physicians only increased with the second case study.
July 2008
Balancing ethics, risks of ‘right to try’
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2018/01/balancing-ethics-risks-of-right-to-try.htm. Physicians have an obligation to ensure that patients are not harmed during the process of treatment. ... The proliferation of right-to-try legislation might create
January 2018
Refusal of treatment can present some tricky ethical dilemmas
Informed consent is a commonly discussed concept, but the closely related issue of “informed refusal” raises its own set of ethical questions for physicians.
February 2014
The ethics of end-of-life care erupt in the ICU
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2008/02/ethics.htm. A Harvard expert moderates a new column on ethical case studies and suggests some practical strategies for handling and preventing conflicts. ... Case study: The ethics of end-of-life care erupt in
February 2008