Search results for "Ethics"
Candidates announced for Board of Governors Chair-elect
Michael C. Sha, FACP, and Thomas G. Tape, FACP, are seeking election as Chair-elect of the Board of Governors. The College's Governors have been casting ballots online, with the winner to be announced October 2010. The winner will begin his term at the conclusion of Internal Medicine 2011 and take office as Chair in April 2012.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/21/10.htm
21 Sep 2010
Guidelines getting tougher on industry, but physicians are not
A survey of physicians found that respondents were comfortable with industry-sponsored lunches and other gifts, despite their institutions' prohibition against such practices. One physician discusses how to align medicine's ethical goals with physicians' attitudes.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/10/industry.htm
1 Oct 2010
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
ACP announces the nominations for candidates.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/11/nominations.htm
1 Nov 2010
MRI screening associated with improved survival in women at high risk for breast cancer
The next issue is online
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/11/23/6.htm
23 Nov 2010
Lack of kidneys for transplant raises debates
A shortage of transplantable organs has led to previously unthought-of issues that entangle ethics, policy, costs and clinical complications. Internists now must consider transplant tourists, long waits and “donation chains” as factors in their patient counseling.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/02/transplants.htm
1 Feb 2011
The next issue is online and in the mail
The next issue of ACP Internist features stories about potential overuse of CT scans, kidney transplantation, and practice efficiency.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/01/7.htm
1 Feb 2011
New ethics case study on Medscape CME
A new case study in the ACP professionalism case study series, “Patient/Physician/Family Caregiver Relationships: When the Family Caregiver is a Physician,” is now available on Medscape for CME credit. The study looks at the challenges physicians face when they become caregivers for their own family members.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/15/12.htm
15 Feb 2011
VA establishes Centers of Excellence in Primary Care Education
College Master selected for Perry A. Lambird AwardNew ethics case study on Medscape CME
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/15/8.htm
15 Feb 2011
Letters to the Editor
Readers respond about SGR fix, sinusitis approaches, and hospitalist##ndash;physician communication.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/03/letters.htm
1 Mar 2011
Learning to parry patient requests
Negotiating the doctor-patient relationship requires understanding what a patient expects from treatment, instead of outright saying “no.” There are easier ways to sort out what a request really means, and how to quickly address the real underlying issue.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/03/treatment.htm
1 Mar 2011