Disclosure of Adverse Events and Medical Errors: A Framework for Anesthesiologists [0.03%]
麻醉医师披露不良事件和医疗差错的框架
Katherine O Heller,Karen J Souter
Katherine O Heller
Ethical disclosure of adverse events (AE) presents opportunities and challenges for physicians and has unique ramifications for anesthesiologists. AE disclosure is supported by patients, regulatory organizations, and physicians. Disclosure ...
Ethical Issues in the Care of Patients Whose Personal, Religious, or Cultural Beliefs Impact Clinical Management Strategies [0.03%]
个人、宗教或文化信仰影响临床管理策略的患者的护理中的伦理问题
Lindsay K Sween,James M West
Lindsay K Sween
Ethical principles regarding respect for patient autonomy in medical decision-making and the impact of religion, culture, and other issues on clinical care have been extensively reviewed in the medical literature. At the same time, despite ...
Ethical Care of Pregnant Patients During Labor, Delivery, and Nonobstetric Surgery [0.03%]
妊娠患者在分娩和非产科手术期间的伦理护理
Carlos Delgado,Jo Davies
Carlos Delgado
The 4 basic principles of ethics (beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice) can guide clinical decision-making for the pregnant patient during labor and delivery, as well as when undergoing nonobstetric surgery. An evidence-based ...
Sebastian M Seifert,Leslie Matthews,Lawrence C Tsen et al.
Sebastian M Seifert et al.
Anesthesia clinicians often navigate a delicate balance between maternal and fetal safety. Interventions for at fetal well-being may introduce risks of harm to the mother and raise ethical dilemmas. Emergency procedures often focus on direc...
James Hunter,Stephen H Jackson,Gail A Van Norman
James Hunter
Some practices require mandatory preoperative laboratory testing for select patients presenting for anesthesia and surgery. Such mandatory preanesthesia laboratory testing has significant ethical implications related to informed consent and...
Gentle S Shrestha,Denise Battaglini,Kanwalpreet Sodhi et al.
Gentle S Shrestha et al.
Natural or man-made medical disasters have repeatedly affected human communities. The impact on health care resources may vary depending on the magnitude of each crisis, catastrophe or pandemic, and the resources available. Medical triage p...
Public Good versus Private "Goods": Ethical Implications of Drug Shortages on Anesthesiology Practice [0.03%]
公共利益与私人"福利":药物短缺对麻醉学实践的伦理影响
Joel B Zivot
Joel B Zivot
Drug shortages remain a serious and widespread problem affecting all health systems and patients. Anesthesiology practice is strongly impacted by shortages of sterile injectable drugs, resulting in a negative impact on the quality of care. ...
Andrew P Notarianni
Andrew P Notarianni
Because modern surgical and medical care have advanced, patients increasingly present for procedural and surgical intervention with life-limiting diagnoses and/or advanced care goals such as "do not resuscitate." Anesthesiologists now care ...
Matthew W Pennington,Michael J Souter
Matthew W Pennington
The development of critical care stimulated brain death criteria formulation in response to concerns on treatment resources and unregulated organ procurement. The diagnosis centered on irreversible loss of brain function and subsequent syst...
End-of-life Care in the Intensive Care Unit and Ethics of Withholding/Withdrawal of Life-sustaining Treatments [0.03%]
重症监护病房的临终护理以及限制和停止生命维持治疗的伦理问题
Andrea Cortegiani,Mariachiara Ippolito,Sebastiano Mercadante
Andrea Cortegiani
The medical progress has produced improvements in critically ill patients' survival to early phases of life-threatening diseases, thus producing long intensive care stays and persisting disability, with uncertain long-term survival rates an...