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Turkish Nurses' Decision Making in the Distribution of Intensive Care Beds
(2010-01)
The aim of this study was to assess the opinions and role of intensive care unit (ICU) nurses regarding the distribution of ICU beds. We conducted this research among 30% of the attendees at two ICU congresses in Turkey. ...
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders: A Guide for Clinicians
(2010-01)
The do-not-resuscitate order, introduced nearly a half century ago, continues to raise questions and controversy among health care providers and patients. In today's society, the expectation and availability of medical ...
Relationship Between Burnout and Professional Conduct and Attitudes Among US Medical Students
(2010-09-15)
CONTEXT: The relationship between professionalism and distress among medical students is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between measures of professionalism and burnout among US medical students. DESIGN, ...
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Feeding Tube Placement in Nursing Home Residents With Advanced Cognitive Impairment
(2010-02-10)
CONTEXT: Tube-feeding is of questionable benefit for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Approximately two-thirds of US nursing home residents who are tube fed had their feeding tube inserted during an acute ...
Disambiguating Clinical Intentions: The Ethics of Palliative Sedation
(2010-02)
It is often claimed that the intentions of physicians are multiple, ambiguous, and uncertain-at least with respect to end-of-life care. This claim provides support for the conclusion that the principle of double effect is ...
Attitudes of Patients With Malignancies Towards Completion of Advance Directives
(2010-03)
AIM: The purpose of advance directives (AD) is to preserve the patient's autonomy at the end of his/her life. In a cohort study, we investigated attitudes towards AD in hospitalized patients with malignant disease. MATERIALS ...
Expanding the Paradigm of the Physician's Role in Surrogate Decision-Making: An Empirically Derived Framework
(2010-03)
BACKGROUND: Little is known about what role physicians take in the decision-making process about life support in intensive care units. OBJECTIVE: To determine how responsibility is balanced between physicians and surrogates ...
Family Caregivers, Patients and Physicians: Ethical Guidance to Optimize Relationships
(American College of Physicians Ethics, Professionalism and Human Rights Committee, 2010-03)
Family caregivers play a major role in maximizing the health and quality of life of more than 30 million individuals with acute and chronic illness. Patients depend on family caregivers for assistance with daily activities, ...
The Case of Samuel Golubchuk and the Right to Live
(2010-03)
Samuel Golubchuk was unwittingly at the center of a medical controversy with important ethical ramifications. Mr. Golubchuk, an 84-year-old patient whose precise neurological level of function was open to debate, was being ...
Attitudes of Health Care Professionals, Relatives of Advanced Cancer Patients and Public Towards Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide
(2010-10)
Nowadays, euthanasia has the meaning of the direct administration of a lethal agent to the patient by another party with a merciful intent after patients' request. Physician assisted suicide refers to the patient intentionally ...