If You Are Nearing Death and Want to Live Longer, Don’t Go to the ERDecember 15, 2015 |
When you are very sick or hurt, you know to go to the emergency room. Chances are good that our complex, aggressive medical interventions will make you better. But those odds change dramatically once you have an end-stage chronic medical condition or terminal illness. In that case, you are gambling, and the odds are heavily against you
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Why Do Doctors Choose a $2000 Cure When A $50 One Is Just As Good?December 10, 2015 |
What if, in addition to an ethical duty to do what we feel is best, we also had an ethical duty to recommend the most cost-effective care?
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The U.S. Army has kicked out more than 22,000 soldiers since 2009 for “misconduct,” after they returned from Iraq and Afghanistan and were diagnosed with mental health disorders and traumatic brain injuries. That means many of those soldiers are not receiving the crucial treatment or retirement and health care benefits they would have received with an honorable discharge
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Rural Hospitals Team Up To SurviveAugust 19, 2015 |
Ask Sam Lindsey about the importance of Northern Cochise Community Hospital and he’ll give you a wry grin. You might as well be asking the 77-year-old city councilman to choose between playing pickup basketball—as he still does most Fridays—and being planted six feet under the Arizona dust
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Paralyzed by Gunfire, but Denied CareJuly 21, 2015 |
The tragic culmination of their encounter is not disputed: Mr. Stone drew his gun and shot Mr. Bird, leaving him paralyzed from the neck down. Mr. Bird’s insurance company declined to cover his medical bills. The reason? His injuries resulted from “illegal activity.” Yet Mr. Bird was not convicted of any crime in connection with the incident. He was not even charged.
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The Quality of Nursing Care for Sickle Cell DiseaseJuly 8, 2015 |
Q & A with Johns Hopkins Catalyst Award Winner Carlton Haywood Jr about his intervention designed to improve healthcare provider attitudes and beliefs about patients with sickle cell disease
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In secret chemical weapons experiments conducted during World War II, the U.S. military exposed thousands of American troops to mustard gas
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“Nurses, like everyone else, have personal values,” adds Cynda Rushton, a Johns Hopkins professor of bioethics with appointments in the School of Nursing and the Berman Institute. “And sometimes those values are in conflict with what their patient may be asking them to do or participate in. Nurses have to find a way to reconcile their own moral values with the obligations of their profession.”
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