January 15, 2010
John J. Mercuri
Faculty peer reviewed
Introduction
The 111th Congress allocated $19 billion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 toward the creation of an electronic health record (EHR) for each person in the United States by 2014.(1) The recent…
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Posted in Ethics, Healthcare Policy
July 2, 2009
Commentary on Dr. Cox’s Tales of Survival by Antonella Surbone MD PhD FACP, Ethics Editor
Commenting on Dr. Cox’s honest heartfelt piece is not an easy task and even less so for me, as Ethics Editor. Why? Because before being a trained, published…
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Posted in Ethics
June 5, 2009
The following is a commentary on last week’s post, Conscientious Objection in Medicine: A Moral Dilemma, written by Dr. Bradley.
Commentary by Antonella Surbone, MD PhD FACP, Ethics Editor
The piece by Dr. Bradley raises a highly controversial issue in today’s medicine,…
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Posted in Ethics
May 28, 2009
Ishmeal Bradley MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Please also see the commentary by Antonella Surbone, MD PhD FACP, Ethics Editor
Consider this: what would you do if a patient with terminal pancreatic cancer told you, his primary care doctor of twenty years, that he wanted…
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Posted in Ethics
February 18, 2009
Commentary by Antonella Surbone, MD PhD FACP, NYU Department of Medicine, Clinical Correlations Ethics Section Editor
In October 2008, BMJ published a research article entitled “Prescribing placebo treatments: results of a national survey of US internists and rheumatologists.” Of 679 physicians who responded…
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Posted in Ethics
January 29, 2009
Commentary by Michael Hanley MD PGY-3 and James D. Koonce MD PGY-3, Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina
www.X-rayRisk.com - A Free Online Calculator that Estimates an Individual’s Additional Risk of Cancer as a Result of Medical Imaging
An estimated 62 million CT scans…
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Posted in Ethics, Radiology
October 25, 2008
Commentary by Bani Chander MD, PGY-3. Reviewed by Antonella Surbone MD PhD FACP, Ethics Section Editor.
On May 21, 2008, president George W. Bush signed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) into effect. After 13 years of debate in Congress, the…
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Posted in Ethics
October 25, 2008
Commentary by Antonella Surbone, MD PhD FACP, Ethics Section Editor
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), passed by the US Congress on May 1st 2008, protects individuals against discrimination by health insurers and employers on the basis of genetic information.(1-4) Genetic…
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Posted in Ethics
September 16, 2008
Q: What is the appropriate response for an internist to the phone call from a friend….”I hate to ask you but,….I have this minor problem and could you help me over the phone or in your/my house?” Some of these friends are officially your…
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Posted in Ethics
August 21, 2008
Commentary by Antonella Surbone MD PhD FACP, Department of Medicine, New York University Medical School, Clinical Correlations Ethics Section Editor
According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report of April 14th, 2008, the elderly comprise 12% of the U.S. population, and…
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Posted in Ethics, Geriatrics
May 9, 2008
Commentary by Shrujal Baxi MD, NYU Chief Resident
One of the first things you learn about critically analyzing a medical journal piece is to go to the end and see who sponsored the study. Corporate financing is known to have subtle…
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Posted in Ethics, Pulmonary/Critical Care
March 13, 2008
Commentary by Parul Gandhi MD, PGY-2
Bad news can be defined as “Situations where there is either a feeling of no hope, a threat to a person’s mental or physical well-being, a risk of upsetting an established lifestyle, or where a…
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