Advance Directives – Veterans Health Administration Reveals Assumptions
The Veterans Health Administration published a notice in this week's Federal Register to reauthorize its advance directive and surrogate decision maker forms. The agency is not making any material changes to these forms. But two facts jump out fro... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 13, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Bruce Springsteen: The Latest Celebrity DWI
It was especially disappointing to read about Bruce Springsteen’s recent arrest for suspicion of driving while intoxicated (DWI). Here's hoping the famous rocker will use his arrest to refocus attention on a risky and dangerous behavior that is thoroughly preventable.
The post Bruce Springsteen: The Latest Celebrity DWI appeared first on The Hastings Center. (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 12, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Susan Gilbert Tags: Health Care Public Health Bruce Springsteen drunk driving Hastings Bioethics Forum syndicated Source Type: blogs
California Legislature Considers Amending End of Life Options Act
Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman, a key legislator behind enactment of the California End of Life Options Act in 2015, has introduced a bill (S.B. 380) that would amend a range of provisions in the statute. These include the following. Sunset:... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 12, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Nondiscrimination in Involuntary Denial of Treatment Act – West Vrginia
A decade ago, states were considering expanding the ability of clinicians and hospitals to withhold or withdraw treatment deemed medically inappropriate. Today, the trend is in the opposite direction. Following states like Oklahoma and Idaho, the West ... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 11, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Promoting Exercise through Gamification – Making Physical Activity More Fun?
I don’t know how many coaches told me “no pain, no gain.” I can tell you that as a child and young adult, it was never the pain part of exercise that encouraged me to be active. It was the fun— chasing down a deep ball to left field, juking the other t... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 11, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Peter Ubel Tags: Health Care Choice & Behavior Peter Ubel syndicated Source Type: blogs
Priority Access to COVID-19 Vaccine and American Healthcare
by Susan L. Smith, PhD
On either side of our country’s northern border, outrage is brewing about the rich getting priority access to COVID-19 vaccinations.
An extremely wealthy Vancouver couple is being met with scorn after chartering a plane to the Yukon, breaking quarantine regulations, and lying to take advantage of a vaccination clinic that was meant for an indigenous community already hit hard by the pandemic. The University of Rochester Medical Center in New York had to issue a formal apology for moving board members and donors to the front of the line, noting that many “are disappointed by this infor...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 11, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: Ethics Featured Posts Global Ethics Health Care Health Disparities Health Policy & Insurance Public Health Social Justice Vaccines Vulnerable Populations #diaryofaplagueyear COVID-19 Covid-19 vaccine Source Type: blogs
Crosspost: Is It Ethical To Quarantine People In Hotel Rooms?
Written by Dominic Wilkinson and Jonathan Pugh, The UK government announced that from February 15, British and Irish residents travelling to England from “red list” countries will have to quarantine in a government-sanctioned hotel for ten days, at a personal cost of £1,750. Accommodation must be booked in advance, and people will need to have […] (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 11, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Jonathan Pugh Tags: Health Care Public Health coronavirus Coronavirus; Pandemic; Ethics; Public Health Current Affairs Dominic Wilkinson's Posts Hotels International/ Global Health Jonny Pugh's Posts medical ethics Pandemic Ethics quarantine Rationing Source Type: blogs
Taking a Shot: An Interview with Daniela J. Lamas, MD, on the Covid-19 Vaccination By Sebastian Galbo, Co-Editor LitMed Database and Magazine
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Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 10, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: GalN Tags: Health Care Current Topics syndicated Source Type: blogs
