>The good news is that scientists are closer to being able to produce true patient-specific stem cells from non-embryonic adult somatic cells. But, we still need to stress that the research is still in its early stages. Let’s wait (but don’t hold your breath) to see whether the media plays this one up as much … Continue reading
As a matter of fact, the word “futile” is nowhere in the law, which is actually, Chapter 166 of the Health and Safety Code, the Texas Advance Directive Act (TADA). I have just finished a Clinical Ethics class in my work on my Master’s in Bioethics. From a critique by the instructor (a well-known, Christian … Continue reading
>As a matter of fact, the word “futile” is nowhere in the law, which is actually, Chapter 166 of the Health and Safety Code, the Texas Advance Directive Act (TADA). I have just finished a Clinical Ethics class in my work on my Master’s in Bioethics. From a critique by the instructor (a well-known, Christian … Continue reading
The Houston Chronicle clears up one question about the cancelled transfer of Andrea Clark: the doctors in Illinois discovered that they could not meet the needs of Andrea. More than likely, this was as they viewed the records released to them by the hospital, after the family signed the release. Wesley Smith’s “Secondhand Smoke” has … Continue reading
>The Houston Chronicle clears up one question about the cancelled transfer of Andrea Clark: the doctors in Illinois discovered that they could not meet the needs of Andrea. More than likely, this was as they viewed the records released to them by the hospital, after the family signed the release. Wesley Smith’s “Secondhand Smoke” has … Continue reading
§ 166.046. PROCEDURE IF NOT EFFECTUATING A DIRECTIVE OR TREATMENT DECISION. My comments are interspersed and at the bottom. Emphases are mine. (a) If an attending physician refuses to honor a patient’s advance directive or a health care or treatment decision made by or on behalf of a patient, the physician’s refusal shall be reviewed … Continue reading