Here are the most popular Bioethics News items from last week based on average clicks per day:
1. Race and place
(NYT) A study by researchers at Dartmouth reports that a person’s place of residence or ethnicity can have a dramatic impact on the type of care they receive. For example: blacks with diabetes are almost five times more likely than whites to have a leg amputated.
2. Report: many med schools failing to adequately police industry relationships
(NYT) In rankings compiled by the American Medical Student Association, Just seven of 150 medical schools received “A” grades for their conflict of interest policies. Sixty got an “F.”
3. Everyone dies, but not necessarily the same way
(NYT) An analysis of hospital rankings reveals that end-of-life care in New York City varies greatly between patients in elite private hospitals and those in municipal hospitals.
4. Companies push against shouldering costs of health coverage
(Boston Globe) A coalition of businesses and health insurers in Massachusetts has formed a lobbying group to prevent more of the costs of universal coverage from being shifted upon employers.
5. Feds move toward encouraging e-prescriptions
(AP) Current versions of the Medicare bill included penalties for doctors who stick with pen and paper prescriptions. Proponents of electronic prescriptions say they save money and reduce errors.