Pediatric palliative care physicians have an ethical duty to care for the families of children with life-threatening conditions through their illness and bereavement. This duty is predicated on 2 important factors: (1) best interest of the child and (2) nonabandonment. Children exist in the context of a family and therefore excellent care for the child must include attention to the needs of the...

This article addresses several ethical, regulatory, and legal issues in managed care with attention to recent court cases that focus on physicians' responsibility, fiduciary duty, and the impact that these legal decisions have on physicians practicing in a managed care environment. Discussion of the impact of changes in the control of decision-making processes for physicians, the use of managed...

ing more compassionate, more effective family physicians;” in fact, only 0.8% believed this would occur. In July 2011, the ACGME’s revised duty hour rules went into effect, in part based on voluminous research into the effects of fatigue and sleep deprivation on performance, but also due to external political pressures that forced the ACGME to take action and try to preserve the vestiges of a p...

abstract background: clinical guidelines are important instruments for increasing the quality of clinical practice in the treatment team. compilation of clinical guidelines is important due to special condition of the neonates and the nurses facing critical conditions in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu). with 98% of neonatal deaths occurring in nicus in the hospitals, it is important to ...

As of March 2006, more than 1.3 million U.S. military service members had served or were serving in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) or Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Both active duty and veteran service members are eligible to receive healthcare services from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In May 1982, Congress passed legislation that allowed the VA to provide healthcare services to ...

An important aspect of health professional's duty of care is to advise patients of the available options of treatment so that the patient can choose the form of treatment that suits her or his requirements. As CAM becomes more evidence-based and accepted, medical doctors need to consider the extent to which they should provide patients with information about those types of treatments. If a CAM ...

Abstract The Hangzhou Internet Court decided that an NFT transaction is covered by the right of communication through information networks and trading platforms shall bear a higher duty care.