Search results for "Ethics"
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
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
Tips for social media users
Physicians who want to use social networking sites have a few things to consider.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/physicians-social-media.htm
15 May 2016
Give them choice or give them guidance?
Study looks at patients' autonomy versus their best interest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/07/patient-autonomy.htm
15 Jul 2015
Act quickly and listen a lot
What to do when a patient wants to leave against medical advice.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/03/against.htm
15 Mar 2010
Deciding when patients can't
End-of-life considerations for incapacitated patients without surrogates.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/end-of-life.htm
15 Aug 2007
Keynote speaker Wachter addresses record number of attendees at HM 2012
SAN DIEGO—Hospital Medicine 2012, the annual meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine, brought more than 2,500 hospitalists to San Diego this week for the largest ever gathering of the specialty.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2012/04/11/1.htm
11 Apr 2012
Publishing your QI project
How do you know if your quality improvement project is a candidate for publication?.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/02/qi.htm
15 Feb 2011
Making time for family
Collaboration with patients' families offers benefits.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/making-time-for-family.htm
15 Oct 2018
Heroic measures
A locum tenens has a strange experience at a new hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/newman.htm
15 May 2010