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The limits of treating loved ones

Physicians who provide medical care for themselves or family risk losing objectivity and letting their personal feelings interfere with what is best for the patient.

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Hospital employment pits work rules against physician rights

Medical staff membership and employment are separate roles. But the worlds can collide in ways that impinge on physicians' rights and privileges if caught unaware.

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Disaster medicine dilemmas examined

Mass disasters require quick decisions about treatment that can lead doctors to question whether they made the best medical and ethical choices.

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Med schools promote training that lets students follow individual patients

Longitudinal integrated clerkships have been around for decades. A small but growing number of medical schools are turning to them to promote patient-centered care.

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How states are keeping doctors from moving out

In the face of physician shortages, they are focusing efforts on keeping medical students and residents within state boundaries.

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When do gifts from patients spell trouble?

Physicians need to be prepared to respond when grateful patients offer presents. They should weigh ethical concerns against preserving the doctor-patient relationship.

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The limits of treating loved ones
Physicians who provide medical care for themselves or family risk losing objectivity and letting their personal feelings interfere with what is best for the patient.

Outcry over disabled girl's transplant care renews eligibility debate
Physicians struggle to make the most of scarce organ resources. "You have to take a larger view of it," a transplant surgeon says.

Arkansas court rejects expert witness provision in medical liability cases
The 2003 rule required experts to practice in the same specialty as defendant physicians.

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» North Carolina eugenics victims could get $50,000 each
» Hospitals received excess Medicare payments for GME
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» Average hospice length of stay is falling - Feb. 1
» Telemedicine boosting dermatology care - Jan. 31
» Cognitive screening test off-limits after copyright dispute - Jan. 30
» FDA drug warnings often ineffective, study says - Jan. 30
» In the Courts: Doctor can be sued for emotional distress despite lack of physical negligence - Jan. 30

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» Doctor can be sued for emotional distress despite lack of physical negligence
» Cognitive screening test off-limits after copyright dispute
» Average hospice length of stay is falling
» FDA drug warnings often ineffective, study says
» Hospital employment pits work rules against physician rights
» Telemedicine boosting dermatology care

Courts

» Ohio high court: Expert witnesses required in cases alleging lack of informed consent - Jan. 11
» Supreme Court hears case involving medical record disclosure - Dec. 26
» Iowa Supreme Court throws out case after doctor's credentialing file is used in trial - Dec. 28
» In the Courts: Changes in medical device information pose lawsuit risks for doctors - Dec. 19
» Appeals court OKs payments to marrow donors - Dec. 19
» Doctors' legal remedies can defeat online attacks - Dec. 12

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Education

» Med schools promote training that lets students follow individual patients - Dec. 26
» Residency Match revamps placement of students not selected initially - Dec. 26
» How states are keeping doctors from moving out - Dec. 19
» More medical schools face LCME sanctions after deviating from standards - Dec. 5
» Medical school's partnership with 5 hospitals aims to ease physician shortages - Dec. 5

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Ethics

» Average hospice length of stay is falling - Feb. 1
» Doctors should weigh costs in treatment, ACP says - Jan. 18
» Make human research data publicly available, bioethics report says - Jan. 5
» Appeals court OKs payments to marrow donors - Dec. 19
» Holiday gifts from patients: When do they spell trouble? - Dec. 12
» Ethics Forum: Sex education discussions should start early and continue for young patients - Dec. 5

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Health system

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Liability

» Ohio high court: Expert witnesses required in cases alleging lack of informed consent - Jan. 11
» Iowa Supreme Court throws out case after doctor's credentialing file is used in trial - Dec. 28
» In the Courts: Changes in medical device information pose lawsuit risks for doctors - Dec. 19
» Law enforcement can access data bank without doctors' knowledge - Dec. 13
» Doctors' legal remedies can defeat online attacks - Dec. 12

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Organized medicine

» Proposal on access to lab tests should be revised, doctors say - Dec. 12

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Patient care

» Average hospice length of stay is falling - Feb. 1
» Telemedicine boosting dermatology care - Jan. 31
» Med schools promote training that lets students follow individual patients - Dec. 26
» Depressed patients benefit from team model in managing numerous illnesses - Jan. 25
» Brain scans yield clues to physician decision-making - Dec. 14
» Ethics Forum: Sex education discussions should start early and continue for young patients - Dec. 5

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Profession

» Nearly 90% of physicians feel stressed every day, report says - Dec. 20

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Professional regulation

» Larger role sought for advanced practice nurses - Jan. 13
» Most physicians succeed in substance abuse programs, study says - Dec. 12

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Quality and safety

» UTI prevention fails to keep pace with other anti-infection efforts - Jan. 3
» One-third of patients don't follow up in month after hospital discharge - Dec. 22
» In the Courts: Changes in medical device information pose lawsuit risks for doctors - Dec. 19
» Brain scans yield clues to physician decision-making - Dec. 14

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States

» Ohio high court: Expert witnesses required in cases alleging lack of informed consent - Jan. 11
» Iowa Supreme Court throws out case after doctor's credentialing file is used in trial - Dec. 28
» How states are keeping doctors from moving out - Dec. 19

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