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25 May 2012, 7:23 am
I am in San Francisco, this week, for the American Thoracic Society International Conference. [read post]
20 May 2012, 9:58 am
I am in San Francisco, this week, at the American Thoracic Society International Conference, to present "Legal Mechanisms To Resolve Futility Disputes" in a broader session titled "What are the boundaries of acceptable medical practice near the end of life in intensive care units? [read post]
3 Dec 2011, 10:21 am
Clinical Ethics) American Thoracic Society policy statements on both conscientious objection and futility A Cochrane Review on "Advanced Care Planning for End Stage Renal Disease" "Futility in the Cardiac Intensive Unit" And (in case any of my editors read this) other new and edited manuscripts [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 3:38 am
The American Thoracic Society (ATS) has released a statement on the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) recent report on the long-term health consequences for military personnel of exposure to burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. [read post]
30 Oct 2011, 8:59 pm
The political agenda of the Levelers sounds quite noble to 21st century Americans, but their ideals have no place in the world of science: not all opinions or scientific studies are created equally; not all opinions are worthy of being taken seriously in scientific discourse or in courtroom presentations of science; and not all opinions should be tolerated, especially when they claim causal conclusions based upon shoddy or inadequate evidence. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 1:06 pm
Therefore, you would think this provision would be opposed by the four largest critical care societies: the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, and Society of Critical Care Medicine. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 10:53 pm
” This study was published online before it reached the print edition of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 2:46 pm
In contrast to the unsupported claims by some polluters who argue that health threats from mercury and other air pollutants are "exaggerated," we will hear today from EPA Administrator Jackson and representatives from the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Nurses Association, and the American Thoracic Society, who are experts on the issue. [read post]
19 May 2011, 9:40 pm
Two new studies are to be presented at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society in Denver, reportedly connecting the respiratory illness of troops returning from Middle East deployment to their exposure to toxic dust and fumes from "burn pits. [read post]
16 May 2011, 8:08 pm
' 36 American Criminal Law Review 87-116 (Winter 1999) at p. 91]. [read post]
14 May 2011, 12:07 pm
The American Thoracic Society statement dates to 1991. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 10:30 am
We stand with a wide range of the nation’s leading public health organizations in opposing efforts to undermine the Clean Air Act, including the American Lung Association, the American Public Health Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Thoracic Society, the American Nurses Association, the National Medical Association, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and the Trust for America's Health. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 10:18 am
Meantime one surgical specialty group, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, has collaborated with Consumers Reports to publish quality data on heart and chest surgeons. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 10:30 am
Just as critics have charged that HHS relied excessively on a physician-allied group (the Council on Graduate Medical Education) in determining future health care work force needs, the CPI report makes a case that too much responsibility has been devolved from governmental decisionmakers to a private sector group, the American Medical Association/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC). [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 3:54 am
The previous study was published in a journal of the American Thoracic Society.The current study was presented at the the 24th Annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies . [read post]
18 May 2010, 7:22 am
On Sunday in New Orleans, Robert Fine and I did a pro-con debate on the Texas Advance Directives Act during an ethics session of the American Thoracic Society. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 7:02 am
On Sunday, May 16th at the American Thoracic Society meeting in New Orleans, Doug White and Elie Azoulay have constructed a great 2 1/2 hour session on debates in critical care ethics. [read post]
20 Mar 2010, 6:01 pm
"The sources include: "European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society COPD Guidelines – 2005; ATS/ERS Criteria for Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Disease in Absence of Surgical Lung Biopsy; Global Initiative for Asthma/World Health Organization; American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement; British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology guidelines for the management of… [read post]
6 Jan 2010, 9:00 pm
" - In mid-2008, the Duluth News Tribune printed a letter by a spokesperson for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, which includes this passage: "In a study presented at a meeting of the American Thoracic Society in San Diego in 2006, UCLA researcher Donald Tashkin presented findings from his study of cannabis and the respiratory system. [read post]
8 Nov 2009, 11:30 am
I am excited to participate, in May, in a "live" version of a similar debate with Bob Fine at the American Thoracic Society International Conference. [read post]
