Keyword: Medical_Ethics

Responsible Ownership of Health Care Services 3/10/2009 4:07:42 PM Promote responsible ownership of all health care facilities, whether owned by a physician, hospital, or other provider. Responsible ownership demonstrates a commitment to patient safety as well as adherence to all appropriate regulations and laws, ongoing peer review and quality improvement, and transparency. Ownership of Health Care Facilities and Equipment 2/17/2009 11:48:36 AM Physicians have an obligation to advance improvements in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of patients, including innovations in medical technology Medical Ethics 2/3/2009 10:46:46 AM Medical Ethics Medical Power of Attorney 8/9/2007 4:35:29 PM Medical Power of Attorney When Hope Fades: Debate Rages Over Who Should Decide When Treatment Stops 9/29/2006 2:00:40 PM A Texas statute allows doctors and hospitals to stop treatment in futile cases even over the objection of the patient or his or her family. Texas Physicians: Senate Stem Cell Vote is a Major Victory for Patients 7/21/2006 6:37:17 PM Please attribute the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate's stem cell research legislation vote to Robert T. Gunby, Jr., MD, immediate past-president of the Texas Medical Association. Cash for Referrals? The Answer Is Always “No” 6/6/2006 8:41:48 AM Cash for Referrals? The Answer Is Always “No” Ethics in Transplantation 4/5/2005 7:14:46 PM Perhaps no field of medicine is as exciting or is packed with so much emotion as the field of transplant medicine. With the advent of cyclosporine as an anti-rejection medication in 1980,the success rate of transplantation skyrocketed,promising the "gift of life" to many who heretofore were faced with certain death. 'You're Fired.' Physicians Must Be Careful When Dropping Patients 3/25/2005 10:44:04 AM Physicians have many reasons for terminating the physician-patient relationship. Whatever reasons physicians may have for ending a professional medical relationship, they have a strong ethical charge and a legal duty to act in their patients' best interests. Page: 1 of 1