Medical Ethics

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Mar 24, 2015

From Subject to Participant: Ethics and the Evolving Role of Community in Health Research

The shift in ethical focus from subject to participant will pose new ethical dilemmas for community-engaged investigators and for other constituents interested in increasing community involvement in health research.
Research

Mar 24, 2015

Antipsychotic Prescribing: Do Conflict of Interest Policies Make a Difference?

Psychiatrists exposed to strict conflict of interest policies prescribed heavily promoted antipsychotics at rates similar to academic psychiatrists and nonacademic psychiatrists exposed to less strict or no policies.
Research

Mar 1, 2013

Regulatory cultures and research governance

This is a comparative study of the practice of those who are subject to regulatory requirements in the health research, medical drugs, environmental and financial sectors conducted to assist understanding of health research governance in the UK.
Research Summary

Oct 12, 2012

Guiding good research: Key findings from a review of biomedical research ethics

This research brief summarises the key findings from a review of biomedical research ethics.
Research

Feb 1, 2012

Circumcisions Performed in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2009

Although circumcisions may be performed for cultural or religious reasons, there has been debate over the ethics and medical necessity of this procedure.
Research

Jul 1, 2011

Clinical Decision Support and Malpractice Risk

Clinical decision support (CDS) refers to electronic technology used to enhance clinical decision making. The basic challenge for policymakers interested in promoting adoption of CDS is to ensure that liability concerns do not derail the clinical value of new CDS technology.
Research

Apr 6, 2011

Bridging the Gap Between Basic Science and Clinical Practice: A Role for Community Clinicians

A paradigm shift involving acknowledgement of the value of clinicians in the context of community research, establishment of a stable infrastructure to support a cohort of clinicians across time and research studies, and realignment of incentives to encourage participation in clinical research is required.
Research

Apr 4, 2011

Bridging the Gap Between Basic Science and Clinical Practice: The Role of Organizations in Addressing Clinician Barriers

This paper identifies several approaches that healthcare organizations can use to overcome barriers to clinician participation in research studies.
Research Summary

Apr 7, 2010

Does Improved Patient Safety Reduce Malpractice Litigation?

Investigates the relationship between safety outcomes in hospitals and malpractice claiming against providers, using data for California hospitals and insurers from 2001 through 2005.
Research

Jan 28, 2008

Guiding Good Research: Biomedical Research Ethics and Ethics Review: Observatory on Health Research Systems

An overview of ethics and ethical reviews in biomedical research that briefs non-specialists on aspects of the evolution and current debate of biomedical research ethics and assessment of proposed research by ethics committees or review boards.
Research Summary

Dec 5, 2007

State Insurance Mandates and Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Are They Helping Small Business Provide Health Insurance to Employees?

This research brief describes the effects of state health-insurance mandates and consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) on the access to and affordability of health insurance for small businesses.
Research

Jan 1, 2006

Trajectory of End-Stage Heart Failure: The Influence of Technology and Implications for Policy Change

The authors explain the trajectory of patients with heart failure, illustrate the importance of advance care planning for these patients, discuss the impact of choices to use or forgo new technologies, and suggest ways to improve the care system.

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From Subject to Participant: Ethics and the Evolving Role of Community in Health Research

Antipsychotic Prescribing: Do Conflict of Interest Policies Make a Difference?

Regulatory cultures and research governance

Guiding good research: Key findings from a review of biomedical research ethics

Circumcisions Performed in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2009

Clinical Decision Support and Malpractice Risk

Bridging the Gap Between Basic Science and Clinical Practice: A Role for Community Clinicians

Bridging the Gap Between Basic Science and Clinical Practice: The Role of Organizations in Addressing Clinician Barriers

Does Improved Patient Safety Reduce Malpractice Litigation?

Guiding Good Research: Biomedical Research Ethics and Ethics Review: Observatory on Health Research Systems

State Insurance Mandates and Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Are They Helping Small Business Provide Health Insurance to Employees?

Trajectory of End-Stage Heart Failure: The Influence of Technology and Implications for Policy Change

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From Subject to Participant: Ethics and the Evolving Role of Community in Health Research

Antipsychotic Prescribing: Do Conflict of Interest Policies Make a Difference?

Regulatory cultures and research governance

Guiding good research: Key findings from a review of biomedical research ethics

Circumcisions Performed in U.S. Community Hospitals, 2009

Clinical Decision Support and Malpractice Risk

Bridging the Gap Between Basic Science and Clinical Practice: A Role for Community Clinicians

Bridging the Gap Between Basic Science and Clinical Practice: The Role of Organizations in Addressing Clinician Barriers

Does Improved Patient Safety Reduce Malpractice Litigation?

Guiding Good Research: Biomedical Research Ethics and Ethics Review: Observatory on Health Research Systems

State Insurance Mandates and Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Are They Helping Small Business Provide Health Insurance to Employees?

Trajectory of End-Stage Heart Failure: The Influence of Technology and Implications for Policy Change

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