Clinical Research
The Ethics of Junk Science: It’s Time for a Reboot
Science is supposed to be self-correcting. That mechanism is broken.
The Ethics of Junk Science: It’s Time for a Reboot
Author
Stephen P. Wood
-
-
Patient Care
“Full Code” Is a Fallacy: Rethinking What We Owe Our Patients
Somewhere along the way, medicine made a quiet but consequential mistake. We invented a term called Full Code.
“Full Code” Is a Fallacy: Rethinking What We Owe Our Patients
-
Bioethics
A Health Care Betrayal: The Ethical Crisis Surrounding Steward Health and the Demise of Community Hospitals
By Stephen Wood In an era where health care inequities already burden marginalized populations, the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care culminating in the closure of several hospitals in Massachusetts, represents an unconscionable ethical failure. As these…
A Health Care Betrayal: The Ethical Crisis Surrounding Steward Health and the Demise of Community Hospitals
-
Health Care Finance
Equity in Health Care Education: Ethical Distribution of CMS Funding
The government should fund advance practice clinical education in a way commensurate with residency training programs.
Equity in Health Care Education: Ethical Distribution of CMS Funding
-
Bioethics
Equitable and Ethical Access to Care: The Case of Pre-Hospital Blood Administration
The pre-hospital administration of blood products should be a priority for policy makers and regulatory bodies in Massachusetts.
Equitable and Ethical Access to Care: The Case of Pre-Hospital Blood Administration
-
Bioethics
A Novel Approach to Crisis Standards of Care
Integrating contraindications to potentially scarce interventions into standards of care will help providers in their daily practice.
A Novel Approach to Crisis Standards of Care
-
COVID-19
The Fourth Wave of COVID-19: The Effects of Trauma on Health Care Workers
One year after the start of the pandemic, I fear the end is not in sight. In fact, I believe that we are on the precipice of a fourth wave.
The Fourth Wave of COVID-19: The Effects of Trauma on Health Care Workers
-
Doctor-Patient Relationship
Violence Against Health Care Workers: Legislative Responses
COVID-19 and other diseases aren’t the only threat to health care workers. Violence in the workplace is a common occurrence and on the rise.
Violence Against Health Care Workers: Legislative Responses
-
Bioethics
Addressing Racism and Bias in Emergency Medical Services
EMS providers serve the public and have a duty to act. In these four scenarios, there was a failure of this duty.
Addressing Racism and Bias in Emergency Medical Services
-
Bioethics
COVID-19 Underscores Racial Disparity in Advance Directives
In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers must work to ensure parity in conversations about end-of-life care and honoring patients’ wishes.
COVID-19 Underscores Racial Disparity in Advance Directives
