I lived in a region of Idaho that was influenced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am not sure if there was a law on the books about this, but there was certainly an "informal inj unction...
I wonder if there are any Oncologists on Medpedia? I don't think your question has been adequately answered, Maurice. Only Oncologists know why they feel burnout, depression, or even what gives them hope...
So is the FDA wrong to ramp up quality control in US manufacturing plants? And is it ethical for pharmaceutical companies to only think of the "bottom line", that is, profits? Should patients quietl y...
I enjoyed reading the article in HemOnc Today. I am troubled by the remark about male physicians having a higher suicide rate than those in any other profession. It would be interesting to know how the...
Krishan,
I am sorry, but I don't see a correlation between your comment about new drugs, research, and so forth, and Maurice's question about reasons for Oncologists burning out, and rates of d epression...
I noticed the reasons cited in your reply to my question don't include emotional connection to patients, with possible grief and loss as experienced by families or the patients themselves. I wonder i f...
Have there been any good studies done on a relationship between an Oncologist feeling grieving and loss, both anticipatory and post-death, about cancer patients in the latter stages of the disease? I s...
In a health care context, only physicians with a medical degree should identify themselves to patients as doctors. Otherwise, patients, including myself, would be unaware of the level of medical expe rtise...
I would like to push the envelope a bit. In much of what you are saying, Maurice, it is the parents or even God, for reasons of irresponsibility, addictions, parental rights, or religion, that doctor s...
Thank you Maurice. I work on the front lines in child abuse, as a social services professional. Further on in the continuum of child abuse and medicine, I can think of the following issues, if they are...
I subscribe to Medscape Medical News, and read this today. Glad to hear this guy has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Wish it would be a precedent for other such cases.
I would get a referral to an Oncologist to assess whether or not it could be a lymphoma or CLL/SLL. Enlarged and proliferating lymph nodes are to be taken seriously, especially if there is a history of...
There is a dilemma between an individual's perception of pain and suffering, choice in whether to bear it or not as the one living with it in one's own body and mind, and the state or society's percep tion...
Thank you, Dr. Campuzano, for your commentary. I agree with you. Your English is fine, by the way, and I hope you will contribute to Medical Ethics discussions like this more often.
A new miracle drug, an unexpected positive turnaround with a cancer treatment, hospice, or quality of life with home care. That is what I can think of, from a cancer caregiver's perspective.
I found this very interesting development out of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas, about a new approach to Phase I clinical trials that apparently increases the response and survival rate:
As a Registered Counselor in Washington State for several years, I was sent the legal definition of assisted suicide by the Washington Department of Health. Dr. Bernstein is correct in his descriptio n...
Should physicians or anyone else be facilitating suicide for any reason, or is that directly contradictory to the "do no harm" principle of the Hippocratic Oath? Secondly, please enlighten me on the difference...
I think what Dr. Kevorkian did openly, is probably what actually goes on in hospital acute and intensvie care wards every day all over the world, when a patient is suffering intensely and close to dea th...
I think there should be legislation that forbids the assessment of penalties in research studies or clinical trials, for those who withdraw. Why should a patient give up his or her rights for a futur e...
While seemingly unconscionable, this is probably done more than not, even in single payer health care systems, like Canada or European countries. I think HMOs try to do it all the time in the US syst em...
I discussed this point with someone I know with cancer, and he made the comment that the overall survival OS criteria inhibits the quality of life factor in drug approvals. He made the argument that a...
There seems to be some realization at the FDA that approvals move a little slowly for actual patient application, especially considering the minority that make it through the three phases. It has alwa ys...
I also noticed the discrepancy in numbers that Brittany did, and as I know Krishan you work in the area of pharmaceuticals and clinical trials, I trust your numbers. That said, is there "sugarcoating in...