Harm to Patients in Hospital Calls for Transparency
When unexpected events happen in the hospital, resulting in harm to a patient, having early and transparent conversations with patients and families is the key to getting to the best resolution, panelists said in a session at SHM Converge 2023.
This process—especially the conversations with the families—is difficult, but having a system in place for handling it can make it more manageable, said Elizabeth Schulwolf, MD, MBA, FHM, chief medical officer at Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas, Austin; and Marsha Nichols, JD, a risk-management specialist at two Austin-area hospitals.
“They are mostly unex...
Source: The Hospitalist - November 14, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Lisa Casinger Tags: Patient Care Patient Safety Source Type: research
Misconduct concerns, possible drug risks should stop major stroke trial, whistleblowers say
In 2022, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) placed a large bet on an experimental drug developed to limit brain damage after strokes. The agency committed up to $30 million to administer a compound called 3K3A-APC in a study of 1400 people shortly after they experience an acute ischemic stroke, a perilous condition in which a clot blocks blood flow to part of the brain.
The gamble seemed warranted. Lab studies, most by a longtime grantee, prominent University of Southern California (USC) neuroscientist Berislav Zlokovic, had generated promising data. A small safety study of the drug, sponsored by a company ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - November 13, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Factors contributing to the delayed submission of competence to stand trial reports and the jail-based competency crisis in Washington.
This study examined rates of CST evaluation delays in Washington State and evaluator-cited barriers to timely report submission for jail-based CST evaluations. The study used data from N = 17,874 court-ordered jail-based CST evaluations and N = 1,739 Good Cause Exception (e.g., extension) requests submitted by forensic evaluators to local courts from June 2018 to November 2022. Results indicated the number of jail-based CST evaluations increased annually, as did the percentage of evaluations with an accompanying extension request. Although Washington evaluators could have asked for a Good Cause Exception in any case that a...
Source: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law - November 13, 2023 Category: Medical Law Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Medical History - November 11, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Pain Physician - November 11, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Medical History - November 11, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Pain Physician - November 11, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Medical History - November 11, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Medical History - November 11, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Medical History - November 11, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Medical History - November 11, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Medical History - November 11, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Medical History - November 11, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Medical History - November 11, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
Pathologizing Pathos: Suffering, Technocentrism, and Law in Twentieth-Century American Medicine
This article tracks the development of his theory of suffering and its global success in transforming tragic medical experiences into diagnosable clinical entities. Beginning with his intellectual development in the 1960s, this article traces Cassell's initial interest in suffering first to his early research on truth-telling and autonomy, followed by his pioneering work in bioethics. Although closely aligned with philosophy, much of the institutional success of bioethics came from American law, which affected Cassell's theorizing. At the same time, doctors experienced a growth in medical malpractice lawsuits, driven in la...
Source: Medical History - November 11, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Charlotte Duffee Source Type: research
