Largest study of fertility patients shows concerns about embryo disposition Dec 4, 2008
By bringing fertility patients' concerns to the forefront, Lyerly hopes the next step will be the development of clinical guidelines and ongoing informed consent processes for patients at various stages of fertility treatment. She also hopes it will encourage more detailed disclosure about the available disposition options and facilitate broad availability of disposition decisions that are morally acceptable to the majority of fertility patients. (EurekAlert!)
U.S. Naval Medical Research Center Resubmits IND Application for Proposed 'Op RESUS' Clinical Trial in Trauma Patients in the Battlefield Setting Dec 3, 2008
The proposed trial hypothesis is that for such casualties Hemopure will improve survival and other clinical parameters, and will be relatively safe and well tolerated, in comparison with "standard fluid." If the trial is permitted to proceed, subjects will sign an informed consent prospectively. The revised Op RESUS protocol addresses some of the issues raised by the FDA on the initial filing. (PR Newswire)
Your views: Time of transition Nov 29, 2008
Obama pledged that his first act as president would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), which would include ending parental consent, parental notification, informed consent, limits on tax funding of abortion and freedom of conscience for doctors refusing to perform abortions. Our country is drenched in blood from the millions of babies aborted whom God created. (Florida Today)
As technology emerges, so does the dashboard snitch Nov 28, 2008
"We are always concerned about individuals being tracked without their knowledge or informed consent," said Tori Praul, privacy researcher for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Lose-Lose on Abortion Nov 25, 2008
") Though it's often referred to as a mere codification of Roe, FOCA, as currently drafted, actually goes well beyond that: According to the Senate sponsor of the bill, Barbara Boxer, in a on her Web site, FOCA would nullify all existing laws and regulations that limit abortion in any way, up to the time of fetal viability. Laws requiring parental notification and informed consent would be tossed out. While there is strenuous on the matter, the act would invalidate the freedom-of-conscience laws... (Slate)
A transplant war of my own Nov 23, 2008
So I can t understand the line taken by the Organ Donation Taskforce, the panel that last week recommended sticking with informed consent, the clever system that somehow turns near-universal approval of organ donation into a sign-up of only 24. The same clever system that allows relatives to veto donation even when the deceased is a known donor, so that the actual donation rate is 10. (Times Online)
Africa: Mandatory, Not Voluntary - Holding Canadian Companies Accountable Nov 22, 2008
In addition, the need to obtain the free and informed consent of communities prior to developing mining projects is mentioned in the final report of the roundtables as a contentious issue that could not gain consensus from all stakeholders. Page 1 of 2. (allAfrica.com)
LETTER: New legislation to impact abortions Nov 20, 2008
The FOCA will nullify the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, the Hyde Amendment, informed consent laws, waiting periods, parental notification laws, limits on public funding for elective abortions (American taxpayers, like it or not, will foot the bill for abortions and the abortion industry), and health and safety regulations for the abortion clinics themselves. Even hospitals, clinics and others that are church affiliated will not be allowed to function according to their convictions. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Clinical trials needed to speed cancer fight Nov 18, 2008
I am sure as a participant in a clinical trial, she signed an informed consent and acknowledged beforehand that severe complications, including death, could occur. Unfortunately, she died from the adverse effects of chemotherapy and her weakened immune system. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
The US nuclear waste issue solved Nov 13, 2008
The key to making interim storage work is to make informed consent, equity, and fair compensation the basis for temporary storage ... For national, economic, and environmental security reasons, it is now time for presidential leadership to embrace informed consent, fairer burden sharing, and appropriate compensation to meet this critical national energy need. (Yahoo News)
Aerial pesticide spraying put people at risk Nov 13, 2008
Recent information on the moth eradication program makes clear what many people have suspected: The CDFA's program has been a grand - or grave - experiment on the people's health without their informed consent. Mike Lynberg, an author and communication consultant in Pacific Grove, collected hundreds of illness complaints after aerial spraying on the Central Coast, and forwarded them to state agencies, elected officials and the press. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Chemotherapy can do more harm than good, study suggests Nov 13, 2008
More than one fifth of patients were already severely debilitated at the time the decision to treat with chemotherapy was taken, while that many could not make an informed consent to treatment, the report said. Mark Lansdown, surgical oncologist at Leeds General Infirmary, and a co-author of the report, said that it is usual for patients to suffer some side-effects following chemotherapy, but that very few patients die as a consequence. (Times Online)
Doctors Should Disclose Off-label Prescribing To Their Patients, Experts Argue Nov 12, 2008
Michael Wilkes and Margaret Johns from the University of California Davis argue that the ethics related to informed consent and shared decision-making provide an imperative for doctors to inform patients about the risks of a medical treatment when their use has not been approved by regulators ... Wilkes and Johns argue that the strict requirement that doctors obtain informed consent from patients before enrolling in a research study means they should obtain the same consent when a drug is being... (Science Daily)
School spreads bioethics Nov 11, 2008
Rozynska and fellow student wrote a manual on informed consent and distributed it to the committees. "It's the very first literature about informed consent in the Polish language," she said. (Albany Times Union)
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I don't think it's something that would ever come up in a discussion of informed consent. Senert said he disagreed with Moore's medical opinion of the case. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Anti-abortion leader says battle goes on Nov 6, 2008
Existing state abortion laws on parental consent and informed consent could be a focus of VoteYes during the coming legislative session, Unruh said. "We feel like this isn't being policed. We'll do some work to make sure the abortion clinic is abiding by the laws we have now," she said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Explaining renal treatment to people with learning disabilities Nov 6, 2008
Healthcare staff have an ethical obligation to involve patients in a process of shared de-cision-making and to seek informed consent for treatments and procedures ... The Mental Capacity Act 2005 serves to protect people with learning disabilities, especially concerning informed consent. (Nursing Times)
Pesticide TBT Added To UN Trade Watch List Nov 4, 2008
Tributyltin (TBT) becomes the 40th chemical to be put on the "prior informed consent" (PIC) list. Exporters wishing to ship items on this list must get permission from importing countries. (Planet Ark, United States)
Mad Men, Mad Women Nov 4, 2008
So, it s her informed consent that she implicitly agreed to how I handle things. That is not to say I don t ask for input, I do, becuase I know that I don t know everything. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Personal genomics requires redefining privacy The human blueprint... Nov 2, 2008
The real concern facing consumers of personal genomics lies in the potential for a total loss of privacy, not just for the consumers themselves, but their immediate relatives who share much of the same DNA and who have not provided the informed consent to divulge their genotype to the world. Although we do not understand even a subset of the genetic influences on our lives, eventually we will; but by then it will be too late to retract the genomic data that many of us uploaded. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Daniel: As election nears, questions on Obama remain Nov 2, 2008
"Restrictions" include parental notification, informed consent, bans on partial-birth abortions and limited federal funding. Ironically, during a forum where he was asked what America's biggest moral failure was, Obama said ignoring Jesus' charge, "Whatever you do for the least of these, you do for me.". (Athens Banner-Herald)
Ottawa silent on danger of Quebec asbestos Nov 1, 2008
While chemicals on the list aren't banned, countries cannot import them without giving prior informed consent, an indication that they recognize that the materials are extremely dangerous and require extensive safeguards. The World Health Organization says chrysotile asbestos causes such ailments as lung cancer and mesothelioma, a usually fatal cancer in the lining of the chest wall. (Globe and Mail)
Canada To Keep Asbestos Off Trade Blacklist Oct 31, 2008
The 1998 Rotterdam Convention requires exporters of certain hazardous substances to obtain "prior informed consent" (PIC) from importers, a measure meant to ensure that poorer countries do not let in products they may prefer to avoid. While inclusion on the so-called PIC list does not ban those products, it does highlight their highly toxic nature. (Planet Ark, United States)
Bruce W. Case, Tom Kosatsky and Aleck Ostry: Stop exporting asbestos Oct 30, 2008
The Canadian government, for the first time, should support the inclusion of chrysotile asbestos on the Rotterdam Conventions Prior Informed Consent list for 2008We may not know absolutely everything there is to know about the magnitude of chrysotile asbestos health risks, but the latter inclusion is an easy, moral, and necessary step to take. Bruce W. Case, MD, DOH, MSc, FRCP(C)Montral, Qubec, H3G 1A4. (National Post)
Child art rules questioned Oct 30, 2008
Others supported attempts to clarify the ability of children to give informed consent. But some feared protocols would stop artists dealing with any issues relating to young people. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Chrysotile asbestos stays off global dangerous-substance list Oct 29, 2008
The Rotterdam Convention doesn't ban trade in hazardous substances but requires exporting countries to notify importing governments of the presence of such substances in products so they can give informed consent on accepting the dangers. Asbestos has been banned by nearly every developed country, as well as a growing number of developing nations. (AOL Canada)
Chrysotile asbestos not included on dangerous substances list Oct 29, 2008
While the Rotterdam Convention does not ban trade in listed substances, it requires countries to give prior informed consent that they are aware they are buying harmful materials before they can be shipped. Chrysotile is the only form of asbestos that is still used commercially, primarily as an additive to cement. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Time is propitious for Canada to stop exporting asbestos Oct 27, 2008
Campaigners hope that it will end at a meeting in Rome, starting today, of the Rotterdam Convention, a registry compiled by the United Nations of hazardous substances which require "prior informed consent" before they can be exported from one country to another. Canada has lobbied vigorously to prevent chrysotile, or "white" asbestos - the only kind still mined - from being included. (The Gazette (Montreal))
Ottawa refuses to reveal its position on chrysotile Oct 27, 2008
But once chrysotile were listed, importing countries would be required to give informed consent that they are aware of the material's hazards before shipments would be allowed. Compounds are listed by consensus, which allows any country with objections to stop action. (Globe and Mail)
Inhaled Nitric Oxide Data Presented at European Academy of Pediatrics Meeting Oct 26, 2008
Upon informed consent of the parent or guardian, patients were assigned either to five parts per million (ppm) of inhaled nitric oxide for seven to 21 days or to five ppm of nitrogen gas for seven to 21 days. Patient response was measured at 36 weeks. (PR Newswire)
Vote no on Holmen fluoride Oct 26, 2008
The concept and practice of adding fluoride, an industrial waste byproduct, to the public drinking water violates all modern medical principles of informed consent and individualized patient tailored health care. Despite the long held rhetoric that is usually referenced by the Fluoride proponents, the science used to support fluoridation is marginal at best and according to Scientific American, January 2008, researchers are intensifying their scrutiny of fluoride. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
First comprehensive genomic study of common cold reveals new treatment targets Oct 26, 2008
The volunteers were all healthy college students who signed informed consent forms. The rhinovirus-16 used in the study was first isolated and purified by Procter e and the University of Virginia. (EurekAlert!)
Survey: Half Of U.S. Doctors Give Placebos Oct 25, 2008
" "It's a disturbing finding," said Franklin G. Miller, director of the research ethics program at the U.S. National Institutes Health and another of the study's authors. "There is an element of deception here which is contrary to the principle of informed consent. " The study was being published online in (formerly the British Medical Journal). Placebos as defined in the survey went beyond the typical sugar pill commonly used in medical studies; a placebo was any treatment that wouldn't... (CBS News)
Study: Half of Doctors Give Placebos, Don't Tell... Oct 25, 2008
That contradicts advice from the American Medical Association, which recommends doctors only use treatments to which patients have given their informed consent ... "There is an element of deception here which is contrary to the principle of informed consent.". (Fox News)
* Half of US doctors prescribe placebo pills: BMJ study Oct 25, 2008
There is an element of deception here which is contrary to the principle of informed consent. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Survey: 1 in 2 docs prescribe placebos Oct 25, 2008
"There is an element of deception here which is contrary to the principle of informed consent.". The study was being published online in Friday's issue of BMJ, formerly the British Medical Journal. (USA Today)
Docs Regularly Prescribe 'Fake' Treatments Oct 25, 2008
"I believe prescribing a placebo, without informing the patient of what your intent is, involves deception and therefore violates patients' autonomy and informed consent.". 1. (ABC News)
Doctors often put their trust in placebos Oct 24, 2008
"This is the doctor-patient relationship, and our expectations about being truthful about what's going on and about getting informed consent should give us pause about deception," said Miller, director of the research ethics program in the department of bioethics at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. William Schreiber, an internist in Louisville, Ky. (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Half of U.S. doctors say they use placebo treatments Oct 24, 2008
There is an element of deception here which is contrary to the principle of informed consent. Internet Links. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Placebos Routinely Prescribed, Survey Finds Oct 23, 2008
This is the doctor-patient relationship, and our expectations about being truthful about what s going on and about getting informed consent should give us pause about deception, said Dr. Franklin G. Miller, one of the study s authors and director of the research ethics program at the department of bioethics at the National Institutes of Health. The study was published in the BMJ, formerly known as the British Medical Journal. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Legal Protection for Unborn, Support for Mothers Both Needed, Say Cardinal Rigali and Bishop Murphy Oct 22, 2008
"Bans on public funding [of abortion], laws requiring informed consent for women and parental involvement for minors, and other modest and widely supported laws have saved millions of lives. Laws made possible by reversing Roe would save many more," they said. "On the other hand, this progress could be lost through a key pro-abortion proposal, the 'Freedom of Choice Act,' which supporters say would knock down hundreds of current pro-life laws and forbid any public program to 'discriminate'... (PR Newswire)
Blood test for vCJD 'unrealistic' Oct 21, 2008
" Informed consent He said the UK blood services would legally have to tell donors if their vCJD tests were positive, even if there was a chance that the test result was false. Professor Mrac Turner, committee member and professor of cellular therapy at Edinburgh University, said research suggested one in every 4,000 people might harbour vCJD in their blood. However, only a small minority of these will become sick in their lifetime with the disease. Until a confirmatory blood test for vCJD... (BBC News -- Health)
Donors not truly 'dead' when organs removed Oct 20, 2008
He said he was not suggesting some patients could be brought back to live meaningful lives when their organs were taken, but rather wanted donors to know exactly what could happen to them so that they could give informed consent ... He said guidelines for organ donation should be revised to eliminate legal risks and ensure informed consent from donors. (The Age, Australia)
Medical journal blasts Ottawa for promoting asbestos abroad Oct 20, 2008
Once a substance is listed, countries must give prior informed consent that they know they are buying a highly dangerous material before being allowed to accept any imports. In 2006, at the last round of the talks, Canada successfully led a group of countries including Iran, Zimbabwe and Kyrgyzstan in stopping the action. (Globe and Mail)
Human Microbiome Consortium To Investigate Role Of Microbes In Human Health And Disease Oct 18, 2008
The steering committee is charged with maintaining standards related to quality assurance of data, coordination of microbial strains for complete genome sequencing projects, data access and release and informed consent, in addition to other issues which need the committee s input ... sharing of protocols and informed consent documents. (Science Daily)
To the Editor: Dont criticize, participate Oct 18, 2008
Like the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), that would do away with even the smallest restrictions on abortions; i.e. Parental Consent laws, Informed Consent laws, etc. No newly elected or re-elected person starts off with a clean slate. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Jury Awards $400,000 to Deaf Patient for Denial of Interpreter Services Oct 17, 2008
Critical points include taking a patient's medical history, explaining a course of treatment and obtaining informed consent. Smit represented the Borngesser plaintiffs. (Law.com)
House to Consider Abortion Anesthesia Bill Oct 17, 2008
"This is just a compassion piece of legislation to take informed consent to the level it should be at," said (R-Ga. an obstetrician and antiabortion conservative. (Yahoo News -- Abortion Rights Debate)
Nevada Life after Obama on abortion; campaign and PP-Mar Monte react Oct 17, 2008
Nelson said the proposed federal law he cited is supported by the Illinois senator and would invalidate state abortion regulations such as parental notification, informed consent, waiting periods and others pushed through by the right-to-life movement. His contention was challenged not only by the campaign, but also by Planned Parenthood Mar Monte in Reno. (KRNV.com, NV)
AUL Action Responds to Tonight's Presidential Candidate Debate Oct 16, 2008
"FOCA is a bill pending before the US Senate that would eliminate every abortion regulation in the country including popular laws such as parental notification, informed consent, and bans on partial birth abortion. FOCA means abortion on demand, in all nine months of pregnancy, for any reason, nationwide and paid for by your tax dollars. The American people deserve to know the real truth about Barack Obama's record and position on abortion." About AUL Action AUL Action is the legislative arm of... (PR Newswire)
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Niles Michigan - The Niles Star. Note: This is not a scientific poll. (Niles Star, MI)
Broker 'failed in duty of care' Oct 13, 2008
The clients also say the broker failed to give a full account of their positions, increased their credit limits without full informed consent - in one case from $250,000 to $3 million - and failed to conduct the obligatory inquiries to ensure the broker understood the investors' personal circumstances. The Hutchings claim that Macquarie Equities' Jed Richards told them on July 12 that Mr Dohrmann was "too aggressive and high risk as an adviser". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Financial firms need 'nutrition labels' Oct 11, 2008
Forget "buyer beware" this is informed consent. Also, feel free to call your current bank, brokerage firm, or insurer and ask: How much of the money I put in do you hold in reserve. (Yahoo News)
Risky business: The downside of... Oct 10, 2008
It includes information on the required physical, a blow to the head sample letter, student emergency procedures and informed consent information. It also includes information on preventing skin cancer and how to prevent injuries to student-athletes who have body piercing. (Big Bear Grizzly, CA)
RECOMMENDATIONS: From here to better maternity Oct 8, 2008
Maternity-care failings can be remedied with cost-saving fixes - USATODAY.com. Maternity-care failings can be remedied with cost-saving fixes. (USA Today -- News)
Security you can bank on still elusive Oct 8, 2008
But Richard Lucas, an IT ethicist with the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, argues that with terms and conditions sometimes running up to 10,000 words, it is impossible for the average customer to give "informed consent" to every bank expectation of them. "The people who ask for passwords know that the password systems aren't very secure, so they're going to try to shift the responsibility for keeping the password secure and safe onto the credit card holder," Lucas says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Betrayal of trust Oct 5, 2008
" Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull expressed disgust and outrage yesterday. "I think parents would be revolted and horrified if this were true," Mr Rudd said. Mr Turnbull said: "There are very big issues here relating to the protection of children, their privacy and informed consent. The matters that have been described in the media are totally inappropriate and unacceptable and I share the outrage that has been expressed by many people at these events. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Henson 'scouted school for child models' Oct 4, 2008
"There are very big issues here relating to the protection of children, their privacy and informed consent," he told reporters in Sydney. "The matters that have been described in the media are totally inappropriate and unacceptable and I share the outrage that has been expressed by many people at these events," he said. (The Age)
Import/Export Oct 3, 2008
Yet what informed consent can these people have given to be in the film. I have no idea, and I am not sure whether I can endorse these sequences, excoriatingly potent though they are. (guardian.co.uk)
Steps Could Get More Seniors into Clinical Trials Oct 3, 2008
These responses show a third of the doctors and nurses felt it is harder to recruit older study participants and more than half cited difficulties obtaining informed consent. Other hurdles for elderly participants included caregiver involvement, having several health disorders, fatigue, and cognitive impairment. (MEDLINEplus)
Undead Babies Oct 3, 2008
This is ethical, he argues, as long as the patient has "devastating neurologic injury" and has provided, through advance directive or a surrogate, informed consent to be terminated this way. We already let surrogates authorize removal of life support, he notes. (Slate)
Patients' perception and actual practice of informed consent, privacy and confidentiality in general medical outpatient departments of two tertiary care hospitals of Lahore Sep 25, 2008
The principles of informed consent, confidentiality and privacy are often neglected during patient care in developing countries ... Doctors' adherence to the principles of informed consent, privacy and confidentiality was observed through client flow analysis performed by trained personnel ... Some degree of informed consent was obtained from only 9. (BioMed Central)
Pro-Life Chair to Congress: 'We Can't Reduce Abortions By Promoting Abortion' Sep 23, 2008
These include bans on public funding of abortions as well as "modest and widely supported state laws" protecting women's safety, informed consent and parental rights. With his letter, Cardinal Rigali enclosed a legal analysis by the bishops' Office of General Counsel documenting the extreme legal impact of FOCA. "Members of both parties have sought to reach a consensus on ways to reduce abortions in our society," wrote Cardinal Rigali. (PR Newswire)
Are genetic tests right for kids? Sep 23, 2008
"It does deny the actual patient informed consent.". "I feel very strongly that people should not test their children, but children should make their own decision," said Jill Stoller, a New Jersey pediatrician who is the mother of Jenna, the Cornell student. (CNN -- Health)
Kerala law panel for right to die Sep 22, 2008
The national commission had only recommended withholding of life-support measures to terminally ill patients after taking the patients informed consent. But it had said both euthanasia and assisted suicide should stay illegal. (Calcutta Telegraph)
