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Cairo Workshop

By Henry Silverman on April 2, 2013 in Medical Ethics

Ethics in the News

By Henry Silverman on December 25, 2010 in Medical Ethics

Several recent news items worth mentioning: Eletronic Physicians Orders for End-of-Life Treatment States are creating electronic databases that will store physicians’ orders regarding the type of care patients want at the end of their lives. The goal is to make such orders more readily available to emergency workers, as paper based orders (including advance directives) [...]

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Palliative Care Extends Life of Patients with Lung Cancer

By Henry Silverman on August 26, 2010 in Medical Ethics

Investigators have found that patients with terminal lung cancer began receiving palliative care immediately at the time of diagnosis were happier, more mobile, in less pain as the end-of-life and ALSO: lived nearly three months longer than those who did not receive palliative care. The study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine [...]

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