Court loss may hurt activists

“This may hurt”: predictions in procedural disclosure may do harm

The practice of “procedural disclosure” involves clinicians providing a description of the sensations that they assume patients are likely to experience during a procedure. The presumed rationale is threefold: as a corollary of the principle of informed consent; as part of truth telling in the clinician-patient relationship that fosters trust; and to help patients cope with procedures. But this...

The pain-procedure-insurance triad: bonds to help may hurt.

In Ethics Forum , we will present clinical cases selected on the basis of diagnostic dilemmas and/or difficult therapeutic decisions that occur in the practice of pain medicine. We will ask several pain specialists to help identify the ethical issues raised in these cases and to give their opinions based on their perceptions and experience. Please send or e-mail ( [email protected] ) your comment...

Tough quarantine plans may hurt Ebola fight, Obama administration warns.

The decision by several US states to quarantine health workers returning from west Africa for 21 days could make it harder to end the outbreak of Ebola virus disease, the Obama administration warned over the weekend. Four states—NewYork, New Jersey, Florida, and Illinois—have said they will require mandatory quarantine of anyone who has had contact with someone infected with the Ebola virus whi...

Umpires, Not Activists: The Recent Jurisprudence of the Nebraska Supreme Court

Lawyers say 'sorry' may sink you in court.

lawyers say sorry may sink you in court What to say and what to do when mostly your friends love reading? Are you the one that don't have such hobby? So, it's important for you to start having that hobby. You know, reading is not the force. We're sure that reading will lead you to join in better concept of life. Reading will be a positive activity to do every time. And do you know our friends b...