Author / Monica Delles
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Pain and the Critical Care Nurse
Damon Cottrell, RN, discusses the ethical challenges a critical care nurse faces on a typical day, especially when it comes to the treatment of pain. (February 1, 2012)
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Pain and Public Health: Symptom or Disease?
Daniel Goldberg of East Carolina University explains why viewing pain as a disease symptom – rather than a disease itself – has contributed to the neglect of this condition in the world of public health. (October 18, 2011)
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Organ Donations and Presumed Consent
Should presumed consent be part of advance care planning?
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Organ Donation: The Ethics of First Person Consent
There are more people who need organs than there are organs available.
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Nurses and Treating Chronic Pain
Nurses play an important role in pain management.
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New Business Opportunities on the Old Age Frontier
Katie Boyer, co-founder and Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Inventive Health Solutions, and Greg Corpier, co-founder and Vice President of Technology Solutions, discuss a New York Times article titled, “In a Greying Population Business Opportunity.”
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National Healthcare Decisions Day
April 16 is National Healthcare Decisions Day.
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Myths of Healthcare Costs
To which group are we devoting our healthcare dollars?
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Moral Reasoning and Clinical Ethics
Shannon Stevenson, DO, MA and Dr. Jason Wasserman, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, discuss moral reasoning in clinical ethics – how to define it and measure it. (May 22, 2012)
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Mobility and Transportation for Our Aging Population
Scott Helm, PhD, of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit leadership at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, explains why mobility is more of an issue with our aging population than transportation. (January 9, 2010)
