Ethical, professional, and legal obligations in clinical practice: a series of discussion topics for postgraduate medical education Topic 3: resuscitation decisions in adult patients [PDF]
This is the third discussion topic in a series of five dealing with ethical, professional, and legal obligations of clinical practice. Junior doctors tend to lack confidence in these subjects, and thus I organised a series of informal discussions in our surgical unit on which these articles are based.
D M Gore
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Ethical Issues in Patients with Leukemia: Practice Points and Educational Topics for the Clinical Oncologist and Trainees [PDF]
Leukemia represents a complex spectrum of malignancies, involving numerous treatment options and substantial symptom burden for patients. Ethical dilemmas may arise which challenge a physician's clinical management and the patient's goals of care. What is needed is the systematic analysis of the most common issues that confront clinical teams treating ...
Daud Arif+4 more
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Systematic development of a Weighted Hierarchical Topic Model for Educational Needs of Patients with type 2 diabetes [PDF]
Background: Patient education is recognized as the most important component of diabetes management. In order to develop an effective educational program, it is crucial to identify diabetic patients' information needs. Objective: This study aimed to systematically develop a weighted hierarchical topic model for the educational needs of patients with ...
Mahdi Gholian-Aval+3 more
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Patient safety education at Japanese nursing schools: results of a nationwide survey [PDF]
Background Patient safety education is becoming of worldwide interest and concern in the field of healthcare, particularly in the field of nursing. However, as elsewhere, little is known about the extent to which nursing schools have adopted patient ...
A Wakefield+33 more
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Assessments of empathy in medical school admissions: what additional evidence is needed? [PDF]
The Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) sponsored a symposium on the theme of Examin-ing the Evidence with Regard to Character, Personality and Values in Medical School Selection which was held on October 14, 2013 at the University of ...
Hojat, Mohammadreza
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Undergraduate medical textbooks do not provide adequate information on intravenous fluid therapy: a systematic survey and suggestions for improvement [PDF]
<b>Background</b><p></p> Inappropriate prescribing of intravenous (IV) fluid, particularly 0.9% sodium chloride, causes post-operative complications.
AD Shaw+23 more
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Abstract Focal points
Keith A. Wilson+4 more
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Communication difficulties following right hemisphere stroke : applying evidence to clinical management [PDF]
Following reports in the 1960s that language may be affected by right hemisphere (RH) lesions, many limitations to effective communication in the right hemisphere damaged (RHD) population have been described and evidenced.
Brady, Marain, Mackenzie, Catherine
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Empirical relationships between health literacy and treatment decision making : A scoping review of the literature [PDF]
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. Acknowledgements This research was supported by a Joseph Armand Bombardier Doctoral Scholarship awarded to Leslie J. Malloy-Weir by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Charles, Cathy+3 more
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Cost-Effective Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Simulation [PDF]
©2018 Official Publication of The Simulation Society (TSS), accredited by International Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound (ISCU). This is an open access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives ...
Alinier, Guillaume
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