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Item Avoiding harm and improving care near the end of life: what good can ethics do? (The Daniel W. Foster, M.D., Visiting Lectureship in Medical Ethics)(2013-11-12) Berlinger, NancyPatient care situations in which there is uncertainty about how to relieve suffering, make medical decisions on behalf of others, work with families in conflict, resolve disagreements among team members, or respond to institutional priorities and pressures are frequently described as ethically challenging situations. Why do these situations present themselves so often in care near the end of life? How can "ethics," including clinician education, ethics consultation services, and institutional policy development, help professionals and organizations involved in the care of seriously ill patients to anticipate these challenges, avoid harms, and prevent care problems? As our nation's health care system changes, what steps should we take to improve care near the end of life? The publication of a new edition of the landmark Hastings Center Guidelines offers an opportunity to explore these questions.Item The disclosure dilemma: when adverse events affect multiple patients(2015-01-13) Dudzinski, Denise M.Imagine that endoscopes had not been properly processed for a period of several months. Once discovered, the problem is immediately corrected, but patients scoped during those months are more likely to even though the majority are unlikely to have been harmed? This presentation will explore the ethical and practical dimensions of this question by examining several cases.Item How the health and rights framework evolved and how that affects clinical research(2020-01-14) Inrig, StephenWhile the World Health Organization's (WHO) constitution defined "the highest attainable standard of health" as "a fundamental right of every human being" as early as 1946, it was not until the late 1980s, amidst the AIDS pandemic, that WHO representatives developed the "Health and Human Rights Framework" as a lens through which to understand and address inequalities in the global burden of disease. While the concept itself met with broad and rapid approval, several factors made it difficult to operationalize in health delivery. Beginning in the early 2000s, however, practitioners have made important strides in operationalizing these concepts in ways that have positively influenced local and global health delivery. This talk explores the development of "health and human rights" concepts over time, giving particular attention to the implications they have on drug research, clinical research ethics, the pharmaceutical industry, and the right to access medicines.Item [News](1983-08-29) Harrell, AnnItem Thought tools for ethics: Fuzzy sets and the metaphysics of quality(2002-10-17) Yarbrough, W. C.