It is morally distressing when a healthcare provider sees patients with undertreated pain but is unable to provide adequate relief because of a surrogate's refusal of such treatment. This issue might occur when there is no clear advanced directive that represents patients' wishes for treatment, ...
Of the approximately 2 million people who die each year, 80% die in hospitals and long term care institutions, and perhaps 70% of those after a decision to forgo life-sustaining treatment has been made. Nearly every death involves a decision to undertake some medicalClosen, Michael L...
The mobile and wireless revolution promises not only expanded access to patient health information, but also improved patient care. In this paper, we describe a surrogate host-based mobile healthcare information system which utilizes Grid computing for real-time ECG signal processing. The surrogate ho...
Back in February, we told you the heartwarming story of a local mother, who once had infertility issues and was now choosing to become a surrogate. We have an update for you on how their surrogacy journey is going and some advice for those who also might be expecting. ...
Surrogate decision makers and proxy ownership: challenges of privacy management in health care decision making. Health Commun 2015; 30: 799-809.Bute, J. J., Petronio, S., & Torke, A. M. (2015). Surrogate decision makers and proxy own- ership: Challenges of privacy management in health ...
A randomized controlled trial of postcrisis suicide prevention. Psychiatr Serv. 2001;52(6):828-833.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 28. Wortzel HS, Gutierrez PM, Homaifar BY, Breshears RE, Harwood JE. Surrogate endpoints in suicide research. Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2010;40(5):500-505.Pub...
A health care proxy A representative Asurrogate Should I Get One? Having a health care agent can be a big help. Even if you have a living will, you can’t plan for everything that might arise when you need care. And you may not be well enough to make choices for yourself. ...
The State of Cancer Research And we already know how small a role the cancer gene plays in the onset of cancer: there has been an 8-fold to 17-fold increase in the incidence of cancer in the last hundred years, but not even one-millionth of 1 percent of that increase can be related...
If incapacitated, who is the appropriate surrogate? Is the surrogate using appropriate standards for decision-making? Has the patient expressed prior preferences, e.g., advanced directives? Is the patient unwilling or unable to cooperate with medical treatment? If so, why? In sum, is the patient...
The study area of Hillsborough County, FL. Theinsetprovides the location of the study area within the state of Florida Full size image The pollutant focus of this paper is oxides of nitrogen (NOx), which is the sum of nitrogen monoxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2, a US criteria air...