1
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When physicians treat members of their own families. Practices in a community hospital.
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N Engl J Med
|
1991
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3.49
|
2
|
Community hospital ethics consultation: evaluation and comparison with a university hospital service.
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Am J Med
|
1992
|
3.30
|
3
|
A perinatal ethics committee on abortion: process and outcome in thirty-one cases.
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J Clin Ethics
|
1992
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3.07
|
4
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Financial ties as part of informed consent to postmarketing research. Attitudes of American doctors and patients.
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BMJ
|
1995
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2.36
|
5
|
An ethics consultation service in a teaching hospital. Utilization and evaluation.
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JAMA
|
1988
|
1.80
|
6
|
The illusion of futility in clinical practice.
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Am J Med
|
1989
|
1.73
|
7
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Life-sustaining treatment. A prospective study of patients with DNR orders in a teaching hospital.
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Arch Intern Med
|
1988
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1.68
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8
|
Dialysis decision making in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Am J Kidney Dis
|
1998
|
1.60
|
9
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Better health while you wait: a controlled trial of a computer-based intervention for screening and health promotion in the emergency department.
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Ann Emerg Med
|
2001
|
1.56
|
10
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Safety practices and living conditions of low-income urban families.
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Pediatrics
|
1991
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1.42
|
11
|
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and life-sustaining therapy: patients' desires for information, participation in decision making, and life-sustaining therapy.
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Mayo Clin Proc
|
1991
|
1.37
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12
|
Ethical aspects of dementia research: informed consent and proxy consent.
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Clin Res
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1994
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1.26
|
13
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Empowerment of the older patient? A randomized, controlled trial to increase discussion and use of advance directives.
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J Am Geriatr Soc
|
1992
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1.23
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14
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Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis receiving long-term mechanical ventilation. Advance care planning and outcomes.
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1996
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1.16
|
15
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Survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in babies of very low birth weight. Is CPR futile therapy?
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N Engl J Med
|
1988
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1.15
|
16
|
Home ventilation for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: outcomes, costs, and patient, family, and physician attitudes.
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Neurology
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1993
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1.11
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17
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Obstacles and opportunities in the design of ethics consultation evaluation.
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J Clin Ethics
|
1996
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1.06
|
18
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What is the quality of the reporting of research ethics in publications of nursing home research?
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J Am Geriatr Soc
|
1999
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1.04
|
19
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Physicians' and nurses' perceptions of ethics problems on general medical services.
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J Gen Intern Med
|
1992
|
1.02
|
20
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Variation in the attitudes of dialysis unit medical directors toward decisions to withhold and withdraw dialysis.
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J Am Soc Nephrol
|
1993
|
0.96
|
21
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Can patients use an automated questionnaire to define their current health status?
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Med Care
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1992
|
0.94
|
22
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Would physicians override a do-not-resuscitate order when a cardiac arrest is iatrogenic?
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
1999
|
0.92
|
23
|
The automated interview versus the personal interview. Do patient responses to preoperative health questions differ?
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Anesthesiology
|
1991
|
0.88
|
24
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Do actions reported by physicians in training conflict with consensus guidelines on ethics?
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Arch Intern Med
|
1996
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0.84
|
25
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Genes or gestation? Attitudes of women and men about biologic ties to children.
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J Womens Health
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1997
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0.78
|
26
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Orthopedic surgeons' attitudes and practices concerning treatment of patients with HIV infection.
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Public Health Rep
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1989
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0.78
|
27
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Preferences of patients with advanced cancer for hospice care.
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JAMA
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2000
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0.77
|
28
|
Failed communication about life-support therapy: silent physicians and mute patients.
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Am J Med
|
1989
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0.75
|