@JonCampbellNY It’s about time the government gets out of the physician’s examination rooms and lets willing patient make their own decisions with the advice and support of willing doctors.
'Special episode: The ethical debate over who can choose to die in Canada ' by Reuters World News https://t.co/YZbdtEslJp
There is a great deal we can learn from our family to the north.
Breaking the silence: a doctor's plea for clarity in end-of-life care https://t.co/WWPccGZuvA via @kevinmd
There is a simple term for withholding medically indicated care that a patient seeks based solely on the patient's age. That term is malpractice. It is really simple.
The ethical question is this: who should decide how much hospital service a community needs, and can afford? Should the government take its finger off the scale? https://t.co/pZXo8bi3qe
HCA Hospital Staff Shared Unauthorized Photos of Dying Patient on Social Media https://t.co/uYKLEZrv5F Some hospital lawyers may argue that the the hospitals's general consent allows de-identified photo's of patients allows their use. We need to do better.
Just in time for the Monaco memo. It is long past time for US corporations to financially incentivize disclosure, rather than obfuscations. https://t.co/akuJ6EeBHy
via @NYTimes. In this discussion, as in the debate over abortion rights, we, as a society, need to resolve a profound ethical question: how much authority do we want to give to government over our strictly personal medical decisions. https://t.co/q7Vv0u7n4a
Is it organizational malpractice to discharge a patient who has been given a terminal diagnosis without a referral to an end of life Doula? https://t.co/IXOruJFRui
via @NYTimes. Any conversation about personhood rights starts with a conversation about parenthood rights. With Fetus’s it’s no different. Parenthood should involve a gradual transfer of authority of authority from parent to child over the course of years. https://t.co/JXITDWLa9R
via @NYTimes. This is a scary example of artificial intelligence decision substitution, rather than decision support for an actual human. Who should society hold liable for the damages AI can cause? https://t.co/uFXnXhErlR
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https://t.co/HxzxqyfyEX. The FBI must believe that Trump not only had classified documents at his home, but that he was withholding and concealing them. Otherwise no law enforcement agency would resort to a search warrant.
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https://t.co/l45mBjHqhb In this age of electronic medical records, all clinicians who interact with pregnant patients should consult with a healthcare lawyer and a clinical ethicist about what clinical documentation is necessary, in order to protect patient privacy