Quality versus quantity -- transforming kidney transplant policy
...n American Journal of Transplantation examines the dilemmas faced in trying to change kidney transplant policy; addressing the need to balance the benefits of immediate transplants with those to be had from waiting for a more suitable match. The article highlights some of the important points to be considered......ollection your taxes have already funded? These dilemmas and issues are the subject of this free debate hosted by the ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science. Central to the discussion is whether social researchers should have unlimited access to the data that the government collects about the UK and its...Medicalize me: Experts look at how our perceptions of illness are shaped
...tony Brook, writing on patient empowerment and the dilemmas of todays medicalization; Nikolas Rose of the London School of Economics, who looks at the history and future of medicalization; Troy Duster of New York University, who examines the medicalization of race including medicines that are being aimed at m...Anaesthetists need urgent guidance on patients who don't want to be resuscitated
...t." With individual clinicians facing increasing dilemmas on numerous fronts the need for clear local and national guidelines has never been greater. "A review of the basic ethical principles involved is needed to decide how individual anaesthetists and anaesthetic departments in the UK should manage this...Potential heart benefit found in stem cells
...ses drive progress in this area, moral and ethical dilemmas about embryonic cells continues to cloud the field. In research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 55th Annual Scientific Session, scientists continue to explore mature stem cell sources for potentially significant cardiovascula...SCAI scientific sessions attract world-renowned invasive/interventional cardiologists
...ing practical, case-based review of challenges and dilemmas as well as findings from recent clinical trials (Sat., May 13, chaired by Dr. David Kandzari, of the Duke University Clinical Research Institute); and A full-day symposium for catheterization laboratory nurses and technicians (Sat., May 13, sponsore...Should doctors tell patients about expensive, unfunded drugs?
...unded health schemes. This raises several ethical dilemmas for doctors. Is it reasonable to ask a patient to finance the full cost of their treatment when it is not provided by government? Would it be unethical to raise the option of treatment with an unsubsidised drug? Researchers surveyed 184 Australian c...Doctors advised to plan their response to flu pandemic
...of a pandemic. Supply shortages also bring ethical dilemmas between countries with manufacturing capacity and those without, and with respect to people in countries with inadequate resources to meet the cost of vaccines and drugs. Should a pandemic emerge within 12 months, the availability of antiviral drugs ...Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics, Canadian experts say
...ncourage more investigation into the conflicts and dilemmas of healthcare from both the perspective of healthcare professionals and also from the perspective of patients and their families." In their paper, the JCB group recommends addressing the problem through such steps as: Teach negotiation and mediatio......thers in their departments in dealing with ethical dilemmas that arise during daily interactions with patients...eed." "The moral distress brought about by ethical dilemmas is quite a concern in hospitals," says clinical ethicist Karen Faith, director of the Clinical Ethic...