Search results for "Ethics"
QI efforts to enhance communication with very ill can affect outcomes, analysis finds
Quality improvement (QI) interventions to improve communication with very sick patients are effective at reducing length of stay in the ICU and the use of nonbeneficial aggressive treatment, a review found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/11/07/2.htm
7 Nov 2012
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
Machine learning in the hospital
This issue also features coverage of aid-in-dying laws and Mayo Clinic's fall 2017 hospital medicine conference in Tucson, Ariz.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/letter-from-the-editor.htm
15 Jan 2018
Doctoring with dignity
Even simple things like how patients are addressed can have a long-lasting effect.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/12/dignity.htm
15 Dec 2012
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
Physicians don't always report impaired or incompetent colleagues
New score helps assess risk of adverse drug reactions in elderly patients
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/07/21/2.htm
21 Jul 2010
The next issue of ACP Internist is online
And the winner is…
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/06/30/9.htm
30 Jun 2010
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
Becoming a better ward attending
Two experts discuss 10 modifiable behaviors.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/05/attending.htm
15 May 2008
23 and thee
A medical student reflects on the implications of increased access to genetic information.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/student.htm
15 Mar 2010