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. …
Category: Ethics
Clinical Correlations
Breaking Bad News to Patients- A Challenge for Residents
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 …
Ethical Dilemmas: Medical Futility-The Texas Approach
March 6, 2008
Commentary by Vlad Fridman MD, PGY-3
Futility is a topic which has been debated since the beginning of modern medicine. In Hippocratic times, medical practitioners were called upon to serve three purposes: cure, …
Grand Rounds: “When Things go Wrong”
December 26, 2007
Commentary by Rosemary Adamson MD, PGY-2
Medical error, the most formidable of topics, was under discussion at ground rounds this past week. Dr. Tom Delbanco visited us from Boston to show his movie about patients’ …
Grand Rounds: “Communicating the Benefits and Harms of Prescriptions Drugs”
December 19, 2007Commentary by Puja Korabathina PGY-3
This week’s medicine Grand Rounds was presented by Drs. Steven Woloshin and Lisa Schwartz , both alumni of NYU’s residency program who are currently performing research and practicing medicine at the …
Ethical Dilemmas: Artificial Feeding
December 7, 2007
Commentary by Shrujal Baxi MD, Ethics Section Editor, and Joseph Lowy MD, Medical Director, Palliative Care Service at NYU Hospital
Mrs. Pleasant is an 85 year old woman brought into the ER by her son for …
An Update on Domestic Violence
September 6, 2007
Commentary by Sean Cavanaugh MD, Associate Editor, Clinical Correlations
Most doctors are aware that Domestic Violence, or Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), is a serious health care issue, but the statistics are still startling …
Ethics 101-How Do You Approach a Jehovah’s Witness Patient Who Needs a Transfusion?
February 5, 2007
A 76 year old man with a history of coronary artery disease, diabetes and hypertension was brought in by his wife with two days of lethargy, slurred speech and right arm weakness. On presentation, the patient was awake and intermittently …