Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…However, their uptake is low for several documented reasons. Attempts to increase patient uptake of PADs can circumvent risks of undue provider influence in the facilitation process and promote optimal mental health outcomes with a peer-support model, thereby protecting patient autonomy in accordance with the principle of beneficence. …”
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La gestion de l’eau à Bibracte (Saône-et-Loire), avant et après la Conquête romaine by Laetitia Borau

“…The settlement of Bibracte was chosen for several reasons. First of all, during the Iron Age Bibracte was one of the main oppidum in Gaul. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…Complex resource intensive work would be required to ascertain cases and outcomes, and the other study pressures (delayed study recruitment and data collection during the pandemic years) meant that this was not feasible. Given the reasonable diagnostic accuracy data for the PriMUS models, it is now possible to undertake economic modelling research, including the potential resource use effects of adopting the PriMUS tool, its diagnoses and management recommendations. …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…Value-based modifiers add a more aligned incentive for reasons described in the following section. The overall nature of capitation is not inherently aligned or misaligned with patient care, given that it is a highly moldable model, and therefore is neutral regarding its alignment with patient care ethics. …”
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The Bioethics-CSR Divide by Caio Caesar Dib

“…Even though the bioethics-CSR divide presents mostly reasonable explanations for this difficult relationship between the disciplines, current proposals suggest there is much to be gained from a stronger relationship between them. …”
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Addressing Shortcomings in Contingency Standards of Care by Alexander Quan

“…In late 2021 and early 2022, hospitals in Massachusetts faced widespread staffing shortages, leading to an emergency order that restricted emergency visits to emergency needs.[19] While this order is a reasonable method of allocating limited staff in the emergency department during severe shortages, it is doubtful that the outcomes of this restriction were equivalent to usual care. …”
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