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Online RN Certificate in Palliative Care 27 Aug 2013 | 08:28 pm
The California State University Institute for Palliative Care has announced an RN Certificate in Palliative Care, the first, eight-week online program designed specifically to introduce RNs to the kno...
Medical Futility in the 19th Century 27 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Nearly 2500 years ago, Hippocrates advised physicians to refuse to treat those who are "overmastered" by their diseases. Debates over medical futility were especially vigorous between 1987 and 1996. ...
SIU Seeks Health Law Professor 27 Aug 2013 | 04:26 am
Southern Illinois University School of Law seeks to fill up to four full-time tenure-track or tenured faculty positions to begin in the 2014-2015 academic year. With a range of curricular needs, the S...
New $2.5 Million Centre for Research Excellence in End of Life Care 26 Aug 2013 | 05:34 pm
Professors Lindy Willmott, Ben White, and Fiona McDonald at the Queensland University of Technology are part of a team of ten researchers who have just secured $2.5 million in funding to establish a C...
Tony Yahle Pronounced Dead; then Wakes Up 26 Aug 2013 | 01:59 am
I periodically blog about "miracle" cases in which the patient has a wholly unexpected recovery. For example, see here, here, and here. Worldwide print, broadcast, and internet media are now coverin...
Medical Futility at ASBH Meeting 24 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
The ASBH Annual Meeting is exactly two months away. Here are four sessions related to medical futility: An Aid to Addressing Medical Futility Cases (THU 10/24 2:45-3:45) Carol L. Powers, JD, Commu...
Victim's DNAR Order Does Not Break Causation 22 Aug 2013 | 05:34 am
I blogged about the Eddie Cortez Smith case when it was before the intermediate appellate court in Minnesota last Fall. That court rejected a drunken driver's claim that he was not responsible for th...
PA Court Refuses to Appoint Guardian to Override Patient Wishes 21 Aug 2013 | 03:11 pm
I have defended (here, here, and here) surrogate selection as a mechanism for resolving medical futility disputes. But there are certainly limits. Two of the most obvious are these. First, a surrog...
Oncologist Criminally Charged for Over-treating End-of-Life Patients 18 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
Based on a criminal complaint and indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Dr. Farid Fata may be one of the most irresponsible doctors in the United States. H...
ACT Recommendations on "Futile Care" 17 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
The Australian Capital Territory Local Hospital Network Council has a legislative mandate to consult with the community on any issues affecting the satisfactory delivery of health services, and the ov...
