Search results for "Ethics"
Survey of general population found concerns regarding physicians and hospital fundraising
A survey study of the general population found that about 83% felt that physicians speaking with their patients about donating to their hospital could interfere with the patient-physician relationship.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/29/5.htm
29 Jul 2020
Recommendations offered for medical centers on managing patient bias
Many medical centers lack an organizational approach for addressing inappropriate or demeaning patient conduct toward clinicians based on their social identity, according to a recent article.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/07/15/6.htm
15 Jul 2020
Latest COVID-19 research finds benefit from prone positioning, arthritis drugs
Prone positioning was helpful in patients not on mechanical ventilation, and two very small studies found positive outcomes with drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. ACP members can join a bulk purchase of N95s and gowns.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/06/24/1.htm
24 Jun 2020
How to handle biased patients
Hospitalists have developed strategies for these problematic encounters.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/how-to-handle-biased-patients.htm
15 Jun 2020
Advice on preserving PPE, hospitalist wellness, fair access to resources during pandemic
The Infectious Diseases Society of America releases guidance on infection prevention, hospitalists look at how to maintain their own health and physical distancing during the pandemic, and experts highlight ethical problems with policies on ventilator triage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/29/1.htm
29 Apr 2020
The seven deadly hospitalist sins
Avoid these sins and aspire to the virtues instead.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/04/newmans-notions-the-seven-deadly-hospitalist-sins.htm
15 Apr 2020
Talking about COVID-19 with Bob Wachter
ACP Hospitalist recently spoke to Robert Wachter, MD, FACP, about COVID-19 response at the University of California, San Francisco, and in hospitals nationwide.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/01/4.htm
1 Apr 2020
Recent guidance offered on preparing to treat COVID-19
ACP continues to press the government to do more to address the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and expand coverage of and access to testing and treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/03/18/1.htm
18 Mar 2020
Those lost
A hospitalist calls for collaboration to prevent physician suicides.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/perspectives-those-lost.htm
15 Sep 2019
From internist to whistleblower
An FACP alerted the Senate to conditions at migrant detention centers.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/09/qa-from-internist-to-whistleblower.htm
15 Sep 2019