Search results for "Ethics"
Remembering, and respecting, the most vulnerable
Hospitals seek to improve care for patients with intellectual, developmental disabilities.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/disabilities.htm
15 Dec 2014
Is it time to forgo the handshake?
Experts seek ways to decrease pathogen transmission while staying polite.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/handshake.htm
15 Dec 2014
Top Docs
Meet our 2014 Top Hospitalists.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/11/topdocs.htm
15 Nov 2014
Disclosing errors the right way
How to handle different types of mistakes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/06/disclosing-errors.htm
15 Jun 2014
Tips to make the most difficult conversation easier
Hospitalists may be best positioned to introduce patients to palliative care and/or hospice options.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/05/palliative-care-conversations.htm
15 May 2014
POLSTs: Having the right conversation at the right time
Balance is often needed to sensitively convey one's opinions while respecting patient wishes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/polst.htm
15 Dec 2013
Top Docs
Our call for nominations last spring yielded an impressive number of nominees, from which our editorial board selected the ten featured here. These physicians have done admirable work in patient rounding, resident education, technology, workload balance, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/coverstory.htm
15 Nov 2013
The emotional life of doctors
When physicians get a handle on work-related emotions, it helps improve patient care as well as self-care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/qa.htm
15 Nov 2013
Physician, diagnose thyself
Pioneering physicians have fallen prey to the very conditions they studied.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/student.htm
15 Nov 2013
Dungeons and doctors
A new way to teach students borrows heavily from a popular game.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/08/newman.htm
15 Aug 2013