The Ethics of Conscientious Objection to Teaching Physician-Assisted Death.

The literature on the ethics of conscientious objection focuses on objections to in morally contested practices. This literature emphasizes the potential for participation to undermine objecting clinicians' moral integrity. Significantly less attention has been given to conscientious objection to morally contested practices.

Assessing the Accessibility of Content for Geriatric Fellowship Programs.

The information available on program websites concerning geriatric fellowships in internal medicine and family medicine is a crucial factor in generating applicants' interest in individual programs. Our study aimed to quantify the accessibility and quality of information available on accredited geriatric (family medicine and internal medicine) fellowship program websites and further analyze the implications of the results obtained. A list of geriatric (family medicine and internal medicine) fellowship programs was analyzed through quantified measures after being verified for accreditation.

Geriatrics Fellowship-Family Medicine: Evaluation of Fellowship Program Accessibility and Content for Family Medicine Applicants.

Background: Website content and accessibility has the potential to influence the applicant's decision whether to interview for the program or not. The objective of our study is to determine the content and accessibility of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Directory and accredited geriatric (family medicine) fellowship program websites.

Methods: A list of geriatric (family medicine) fellowship programs was retrieved using the AAFP Directory and verified for accreditation.

Patients' priorities for treatment decision making during periods of incapacity: quantitative survey.

Objective: Clinical practice aims to respect patient autonomy by basing treatment decisions for incapacitated patients on their own preferences. Yet many patients do not complete an advance directive, and those who do frequently just designate a family member to make decisions for them. This finding raises the concern that clinical practice may be based on a mistaken understanding of patient priorities.

National trends in emergency department use, care patterns, and quality of care of older adults in the United States.

Objectives: To describe trends in use of emergency departments (EDs) of older adults, reasons for visits, resource use, and quality of care.

Design: Analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

Setting: U.

Teaching suffering: the testimonial-commentary method.

Attempts to define professionalism and humanism suggest that qualities such as compliance to values, patient access, doctor-patient relationship, demeanor, professional management, personal awareness, and motivation are prominent thematic components. In this communication, we present a method for instruction in the values of humanism that may help to overcome the "curricular inertia that plagues medical education." Our approach is structured around a technique of testimonial-commentary as a novel approach to teaching humanism that does not rely upon the traditional role-modeling format.