Search results for "Ethics"
New ethics case study examines working with patients who secretly record office visits
A new ethics case study from ACP provides commentary on the ethical ramifications and on whether and how doctors should raise the matter with patients.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/01/09/5.htm
9 Jan 2018
New ACP case study deals with patient prejudice
“Patient Prejudice? The Patient Said What?... and What Comes Next” is intended to help internal medicine physicians respond when patients display inappropriate behavior.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2022/11/29/4.htm
29 Nov 2022
College Regent wins medical professionalism prize
Molly Cooke, FACP, a Regent of the College, has been named a winner of the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation Professionalism Article Prize for an article published last year in the New England Journal of Medicine.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/02/8.htm
2 Aug 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
The ins and outs of insulin updates, new guidelines, and more
This month's issue addresses insulin, an updated cardiology guideline, and colorectal cancer screening.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2024/02/the-ins-and-outs-of-insulin-updates-new-guidelines-and-more.htm
1 Feb 2024
Commercial screening tests not always indicated, ethical
Commercial screening tests marketed directly to the consumer are not always indicated or ethical, according to a recent opinion piece.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2012/08/28/5.htm
28 Aug 2012
ACP issues policy statement on global COVID-19 vaccine distribution and allocation
The College's statement stresses that physicians have a responsibility to advocate for the health and well-being of patients and communities locally and globally and calls for a coordinated global vaccination effort to be ethical as well as practical.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/22/2.htm
22 Jun 2021
War dilemmas put medical ethics under fire
Physicians debate challenges posed by war on terror and caring for enemy detainees at Guantanamo.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/07/ethics.htm
1 Jul 2008
ACP advises on physician suicide prevention; study examines depression in med students
New ethical guidance from the College offers advice on how to respond to physician suicide, while a recent study found that depressive symptoms became more common as medical students progressed through school.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/08/2.htm
8 Jun 2021
ACP supports Saudi physicians upholding medical ethics
The American College of Physicians and Physicians for Human Rights sent a letter to the Minister of Health of Saudi Arabia in support for Saudi physicians and hospitals who have refused to intentionally inflict a spinal cord injury in retribution for an alleged attack that resulted in another person's paralysis. “Consistent with the principle of nonmaleficence,” the letter states, “in medical ethics—to do no harm—we are confident that the use of medical facilities, procedures and personnel to maim human beings is, under all circumstances including the punishment of convicted criminals, abhorrent to physicians everywhere.”
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2010/09/14/10.htm
14 Sep 2010