How the doctor got gagged: the disintegrating right of privacy in the physician-patient relationship
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Recent regulations and court decisions involving physician-patient communication may endanger the right of privacy in the physician-patient relationship. The informed consent doctrine was the first policy regulating physician-patient communication. It protects patients by requiring that they are adequately informed prior to treatment. Under a 1988 US Department of Health and Human Services rule, staff at federally-funded family planning clinics can not discuss the option of abortion with pregnant women even if the patient introduces the topic. State and federal laws prohibit state-funded HIV-testing programs from distributing information that might encourage sexual activity or intravenous drug use. Such regulations may lead to inadequate treatment if patients cannot rely on open and confidential communication with their physicians.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1991
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Determining When Quality Improvement Initiatives Should Be Considered Research: Proposed Criteria and Potential Implications
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Researchers propose two criteria for determining whether a quality improvement initiative could be considered a research study or not. These initiatives are often created to improve the care of patients, especially those in hospitals. However, if the initiative can be considered research, it would have to be reviewed by an institutional review board and the patients' rights would have to e protected. All initiatives should be considered research if most of the patients would not benefit from the results or if the results must be generalizable.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Determining the appropriateness of including children in clinical research: how thick is the ice?
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Two studies published in 2004 illustrate the ethics of conduction medical research on children. One found that the chairpersons of institutional review boards had widely varying ideas about which medical procedures might harm children. The other showed that many parents do not understand the concept of randomization even when it is explained to them.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2004
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