scholarly journals Content review of pediatric ethics consultations at a cancer center

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (5) ◽  
pp. e27617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith C. Winter ◽  
Danielle Novetsky Friedman ◽  
Mary S. McCabe ◽  
Louis P. Voigt
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Center ◽  
Pediatric Ethics ◽  
Content Review

scholarly journals COVID-19–Related Ethics Consultations at a Cancer Center in New York City: A Content Review of Ethics Consultations During the Early Stages of the Pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. OP.20.00440
Author(s):  
Danielle Novetsky Friedman ◽  
Liz Blackler ◽  
Yesne Alici ◽  
Amy E. Scharf ◽  
Martin Chin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Delivery Of Care ◽  
Code Status ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Content Review

PURPOSE: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has raised a variety of ethical dilemmas for health care providers. Limited data are available on how a patient’s concomitant cancer diagnosis affected ethical concerns raised during the early stages of the pandemic. METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of all COVID-related ethics consultations registered in a prospectively collected ethics database at a tertiary cancer center between March 14, 2020, and April 28, 2020. Primary and secondary ethical issues, as well as important contextual factors, were identified. RESULTS: Twenty-six clinical ethics consultations were performed on 24 patients with cancer (58.3% male; median age, 65.5 years). The most common primary ethical issues were code status (n = 11), obligation to provide nonbeneficial treatment (n = 3), patient autonomy (n = 3), resource allocation (n = 3), and delivery of care wherein the risk to staff might outweigh the potential benefit to the patient (n = 3). An additional nine consultations raised concerns about staff safety in the context of likely nonbeneficial treatment as a secondary issue. Unique contextual issues identified included concerns about public safety for patients requesting discharge against medical advice (n = 3) and difficulties around decision making, especially with regard to code status because of an inability to reach surrogates (n = 3). CONCLUSION: During the early pandemic, the care of patients with cancer and COVID-19 spurred a number of ethics consultations, which were largely focused on code status. Most cases also raised concerns about staff safety in the context of limited benefit to patients, a highly unusual scenario at our institution that may have been triggered by critical supply shortages.

966: Radical Prostatectomy for Lymph Node Positive Prostate Cancer: The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Experience

2006 ◽  
Vol 175 (4S) ◽  
pp. 311-312
Author(s):  
Philippe E. Spiess ◽  
Joseph E. Busby ◽  
Jennifer Jordan ◽  
Mike Hernandez ◽  
Patricia Troncoso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Lymph Node ◽  
Radical Prostatectomy ◽  
Cancer Center ◽  
Node Positive ◽  
Lymph Node Positive

Content review of qualitative research on Asian American psychological well-being.

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-295
Author(s):  
Donna K. Nagata ◽  
Kaidi Wu ◽  
Jackie H. J. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Well Being ◽  
American Psychological ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Content Review

Current Issues in the Management of Cancer Pain: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Foley ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Pain ◽  
Cancer Center

Cancer Center Directors Ready to Take on Greater Leadership Role

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Niederhuber
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Role ◽  
Cancer Center
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