Search results for "Ethics"
Deciding about CPR: Readers respond
Deciding about CPR: Readers respond.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/letters.htm
15 Aug 2008
The hospitalist teacher
Bedside rounding combines medical education and patient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/teacher.htm
15 Aug 2008
In hopeless cases, providers have a right to refuse to continue
Discontinuing treatment: In hopeless cases, providers have a right to refuse to continue.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/discontinue.htm
15 Sep 2008
Romantic relationship with former patient: Drawing the line from the start
Romantic relationship with former patient.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/ethics.htm
15 Oct 2008
Letter from the Editor
Many think of hospital medicine as a field largely populated by young physicians, but this may be changing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/10/editor.htm
15 Oct 2008
Top Docs
The doctors recognized in ACP Hospitalist’s first annual Top Hospitalists issue include teachers, quality improvement gurus, researchers and bloggers. They’ve focused on improving geriatric care, growing hospital admissions, facilitating transitions of care and raising staff satisfaction. ACP Hospitalist’s editorial board members sifted through the nominations and narrowed the field down to 10 Top Hospitalists, who are profiled here.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/11/cover.htm
15 Nov 2008
A reader responds to challenge posed by futility cases
A reader debates how health care providers handle life-saving medical treatment despite no hope for recovery.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/ethics.htm
15 Dec 2008
Community hospitals branch out to clinical research
Clinical research at community hospitals in collaboration with academic medical facilities is gaining traction around the U.S.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/research.htm
15 Dec 2008
Coding corner
Billing for interactions with a patient’s family or other caregiver More than 44 million Americans care for an adult family member or friend. Physicians often will discuss the care of a patient with the patient’s caregivers, and may be able to bill for these interactions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/coding.htm
15 Dec 2008
To err is human … to not plan for it is trouble
Hospitals should always work to prevent serious or fatal medical errors, but they also need to have a plan in place for what to do if an error occurs. Chances are, it will happen eventually.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/12/err.htm
15 Dec 2008