Unrepresented Adults Face Adverse Healthcare Consequences
I have repeatedly called for mitigating the risks faced by unrepresented patients. A group of expert researchers in this area have just published "Unrepresented Adults Face Adverse Healthcare Consequences: The Role of Guardians, Public Guardianship Ref... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 19, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Vaccination Against COVID-19 Needs to be Mandatory
by Matthew Cote, MD, FACEP
As the first two major vaccinations for COVID-19 have started to be widely distributed in the United States, a disturbing trend is emerging: many healthcare workers who presumably are educated about the vaccine, are declining to receive it. While not unanticipated, the degree to which it is occurring among healthcare providers is concerning. The numbers are not trivial, with up to 40% of some healthcare workers declining the opportunity to get vaccinated as reported recently in the LA Times, Forbes, and AP News. … (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 18, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: COVID-19 pandemic Featured Posts Health Care Health Regulation & Law Vaccines Covid-19 vaccine Source Type: blogs
British Courts Grapple with Terri Schiavo Type Case, Reject Continuing Challenges
In the early 2000s, Terri Schiavo's husband and parents battled across many tribunals over her treatment plan. It has been described as "easily the longest, most bitter — and most heavily litigated — right-to-die dispute in U.S. history." A simila... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 18, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
10-Episode Film Series " The End " Comes to USA
"The End" is a new 10-part film series about three generations of a family with separate but intersecting obsessions – trying to figure out how to die with dignity, live with none, and make it count.The star is an Australian-based specialist ... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 17, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Proposed Rule Protecting Infants Born Alive from Discrimination on the Basis of Disability
On January 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a proposed rule promoting the fundamental human dignity of individuals with disabilities in the nation’s health care system and protecting ... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 16, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics – 1st Annual Anti-Racism Student Writing Competition
The American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics has announced its 1st Annual Anti-Racism Student Writing Competition.The goal is to encourage graduate students to develop scholarly papers focused on issues at the intersection between race and law, me... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 16, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
MAID Is Now a Legal Option for 364 Million
More than 364 million individuals live in a jurisdiction where they have a right to medical aid in dying. These twenty-two jurisdictions recognize a right to either self-administered or clinician-administered MAID.USA - Oregon (4.2m)USA - Washingt... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 15, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
