Elevator Ethics: No Talking About Patients
Health care providers should avoid talking about specific patients even when members of the public or patients are not present.
Health care providers should avoid talking about specific patients even when members of the public or patients are not present.
Health care providers should try not to make the common mistake of assuming that they have not contributed even in a small way to a conflict.
Patients are more likely to complete electronic informed consent forms than paper informed consent forms, a study suggests.
Ethics consultants begin by identifying and clarifying the conflict to ensure it is related to ethics.
Surrogate decision makers for a patient are obligated to make health care decisions based on what the patient would have wanted if it is known.
Pain and addiction specialists discuss the rise in workplace violence related to opioid denials and how to improve communication and change patient expectations.
Patients trust that what they tell their doctors will remain confidential, but under certain specific circumstances, the doctors may be obligated to breach that trust.
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored how easy it is for disreputable and non-authoritative sources to spread wrong and possibly dangerous medical information.
When patients are able to articulate their beliefs, it can help them move from making what may have been an unconscious choice into a conscious one.
The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology believe there is “no better time to review and take a fresh perspective on medical ethics and professionalism in the light of established norms and current stressors.”