Search results for "Ethics"
Nominees named for College Officer and Regent positions
The Governance Committee of the American College of Physicians places in nomination candidates for College governance.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2022/11/nominees-named-for-college-officer-and-regent-positions.htm
1 Nov 2022
Channeling the ‘Fauci effect’
At the local level, really local, like our offices or in our own communities, we are the Dr. Faucis.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/channeling-the-fauci-effect.htm
1 Jan 2021
ACP adapts reproductive health policy
Once the Supreme Court's final decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was released in June 2022, the landscape for reproductive health care in the U.S. immediately began to change.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2023/04/acp-adapts-reproductive-health-policy.htm
1 Apr 2023
The May issue of ACP Hospitalist is online
The latest issue of ACP Hospitalist is online and includes stories about ethics in hospital medicine, inpatient hypercalcemia, compassion fatigue and more.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/05/22/8.htm
22 May 2012
Peers offer welcome, ongoing support
In recent years, hospitals and other medical groups have begun to embrace peer support programs as more informal pathways for physicians to get help with burnout and related issues.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/01/peers-offer-welcome-ongoing-support.htm
1 Jan 2021
Editor's Note: Zeroing in on SIBO
This issue also covers ethics, decisions aids, and dosing and response to common drugs.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/05/editors-note-zeroing-in-on-sibo.htm
1 May 2019
COVID-19 research covers taste and smell alterations, incidence in nursing homes and shelters, resource allocation policies
Other topics of note this week include guidance from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) on personal protective equipment, plus information from the FDA and IDSA on serum antibody tests.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2020/04/28/1.htm
28 Apr 2020
New ethics case study offers guidance on care of cognitively impaired patients
Preventive Health Screening, Ethics, and the Cognitively Impaired Patient is a new ACP ethics case study available online for CME credit.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/05/7.htm
5 Nov 2013
Spanish translation of ACP's Ethics Manual, Sixth Edition, now available
The Spanish translation of ACP's Ethics Manual, Sixth Edition, is now available online.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/01/14/6.htm
14 Jan 2014
New ethics case study examines patient privacy and confidentiality beyond HIPAA
The case study examines if and under what conditions it may be ethically permissible to discuss deidentified information about a patient.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/19/5.htm
19 Jun 2018