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A physician and ethicist
Reanimating Frankenstein's creature -- and its lessons for medical ethics
Oct. 10,
2007 -- As the frightful holiday of Halloween approaches, a physician and ethicist at Washington University School of Medicine would have us asking questions first posed by the teenage author of a timeless scary story: Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. This riveting tale is often portrayed as a horror story of gruesome thrills. However, Ira Kodner, director of Washington University's Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, thinks Shelley's seminal novel foreshadows many of the ethical, medical and social challenges our society confronts today.
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Indebted donors
Researchers study reimbursing living organ donors for out-of-pocket expenses
Nov. 9,
2006 --
More than 80,000 people in the United States are on waiting lists for organ transplants. Some will have to wait for the death of a matching donor, but more and more people are receiving organs from living donors. In an effort to close the gap between organ supply and demand, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, the University of Michigan and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons are studying ways to reimburse living donors for some of their out-of-pocket expenses when they choose to donate an organ.
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Danforth to speak
Several lectures, including 'Medicine and Society,' to be simulcast at WUSM
Sept. 29,
2006 -- Three lectures, held in conjunction with the Danforth Campus naming events, will be simulcast for faculty and staff in School of Medicine facilities from various locations on the Danforth Campus. The first presentation, "Medicine & Society," will feature Chancellor Emeritus William Danforth. He will be joined by leading St. Louis medical and health policy experts at 4 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, in Graham Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.
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Avoiding big mistakes
Anti-theft technology used to help prevent wrong site surgeries
July 7,
2006 --
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Employing the same technologies department stores use to prevent theft, WUSM physician Richard Chole recently developed the CheckSite wristband to help prevent wrong site surgeries. In an eleven-year span from 1995 to 2005, more than 450 case of wrong site surgery were reported to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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Doing what's right
WUSM physicians take proactive approach to ethics
April 26,
2005 -- An operating room trauma team is told their unconscious patient is a Jehovah's Witness with religious objections to blood transfusions, but the patient has lost a lot of blood. Doctors are faced with ethical dilemmas such as this in hospital rooms and doctor offices around the nation every day. To help deal with these issues, the Center for the Study of Ethics and Human Values at Washington University offers monthly surgical ethics sessions as a way to contemplate the emotional, humane and legal implications of medical decisions. Read more from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Headed for Washington
Medical students elected to national positions in AMSA
March 31,
2005 --
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Three students from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been chosen for prominent offices, including national president, within the American Medical Student Association (AMSA). Leana S. Wen was elected national president; Andrew R. Reinink was named an associate regional trustee for Region VIII; and Kao-Ping Chua was hired for the position of Jack Rutledge Fellow.
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Doctors, lawyers must work together
Medical malpractice crisis requires major effort from many groups
Jan. 26,
2005 -- On the heels of President Bush's call for medical liability reform during a recent visit to Collinsville, Ill., Washington University hosted a conference on the same topic, "Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform: Finding Truth and Common Ground." Medical and legal experts gathered to discuss the hard road that must be paved toward a solution for this growing national concern. The consensus of the conference seemed to be that cooperation is the key.
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Finding Truth and Common Ground
Symposium to address tort reform and medical malpractice
Jan. 18,
2005 -- The Washington University Center for the Study of Ethics & Human Values will sponsor a symposium on tort reform and medical malpractice from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 22 in Whitaker Hall. The symposium, titled "Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform: Finding Truth and Common Ground," is free and open to the public.
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Fulfilling the dream
Ross receives medical service award from Martin Luther King commission
Jan. 10,
2005 --
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Will Ross, M.D., associate dean and director of the Office of Diversity at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2005 Distinguished Community Service in Medicine Award by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. State Celebration Commission.
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Is health care rationing inevitable?
Rising costs of health care pose huge challenges
Oct. 21,
2004 -- National experts addressed the most pressing political issues in health care at the Oct. 7 "Health Care Challenges Facing the Nation" conference at the Washington University Medical Center. Prominent among the bevy of hot topics were discussions about limiting access to health care to help alleviate rapidly escalating health care costs. Read more in the following St. Louis Post-Dispatch article by Rachel Melcer.
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