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The physician and prison hunger strikes: reflecting on the experience in Turkey by Oguz, N Y, Miles, S H

“…The medical ethics of a physician’s relationship with a prisoner who is participating in a collective hunger strike has become a major public, professional,…”
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Deaths Caused by Bedrails by Parker, Kara, Miles, Steven H.

“…OBJECTIVES: To determine how bedrails cause death in order to suggest clinical and ergonomic changes to prevent such deaths and to promote research to improve…”
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Deaths caused by physical restraints by Miles, S H, Irvine, P

“…A retrospective analysis of 122 deaths caused by vest and strap restraints found that most victims were women (78%) and a median age of 81. Victims were found…”
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Behavioural assessment for HIV prevention: a model programme design by Miles, S H, Song, J

“…This paper describes a model HIV prevention programme for relief agencies working in extremely impoverished or socially disrupted areas. A detailed behavioural…”
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Meta-analysis of Tacrine for Alzheimer Disease: The Influence of Industry Sponsors by Koepp, Robert, Miles, Steven H

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Medical ethics education: coming of age by Miles, S H, Lane, L W, Bickel, J, Walker, R M, Cassel, C K

“…Medical ethics education is instruction that endeavors to teach the examination of the role of values in the doctor's relationship with patients, colleagues,…”
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Empowerment of the older patient? A randomized, controlled trial to increase discussion and use of advance directives by Sachs, G A, Stocking, C B, Miles, S H

“…To see if an educational intervention directed at older outpatients would lead to increased use or discussion of advance directives and to characterize…”
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Untying the elderly. 1989 to 1993 update by Miles, S H, Meyers, R

“…Research and public policy pertaining to the use of physical restraints has advanced since Evans' and Strumpfs' 1989 review. Research better delineates the…”
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Holocaust survivors' perspectives on the euthanasia debate by Leichtentritt, Ronit D., Rettig, Kathryn D., Miles, Steven H.

“…The paper reports on a qualitative analysis of 15 personal interviews with holocaust survivors in Israel concerning their perceptions of similarities and…”
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Survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in babies of very low birth weight. Is CPR futile therapy? by Lantos, J D, Miles, S H, Silverstein, M D, Stocking, C B

“…We conducted a retrospective study of outcome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in babies of very low birth weight. Of 158 such babies (birth weight,…”
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Limiting resuscitation: emerging policy in the emergency medical system by Sachs, G A, Miles, S H, Levin, R A

“…Patients, families, and physicians frequently decide that a hospitalized patient will forgo cardiopulmonary resuscitation and document this decision with a…”
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Deaths Between Bedrails and Air Pressure Mattresses by Miles, Steven H.

“…OBJECTIVES: To describe how patients die by becoming trapped between therapeutic air pressure mattresses and bed rails. DESIGN: A retrospective review of all…”
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Advance end-of-life treatment planning. A research review by Miles, S H, Koepp, R, Weber, E P

“…The year 1996 marks the fifth anniversary of the federal Patient Self-Determination Act. The Patient Self-Determination Act required hospitals, nursing homes,…”
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Physicians' and nurses' perceptions of ethics problems on general medical services by WALKER, R. M, MILES, S. H, STOCKING, C. B, SIEGLER, M

“…To understand the kinds of clinical situations physicians and nurses regard as "ethics problems." The authors prospectively studied physicians' and nurses'…”
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The standard of care: a case report and ethical analysis by La Puma, J, Schiedermayer, D L, Toulmin, S, Miles, S H, McAtee, J A

“…Physicians increasingly allow their perceived legal responsibilities to displace their clinical judgment. Misunderstandings that surround the term "standard of…”
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Attitudes toward discussing life-sustaining treatments in extended care facility patients by Lurie, N, Pheley, A M, Miles, S H, Bannick-Mohrland, S

“…To determine nursing home residents' attitudes toward discussing life-sustaining treatment plans with their physicians and the factors associated with these…”
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The total artificial heart. An ethics perspective on current clinical research and deployment by Miles, S H, Siegler, M, Schiedermayer, D L, Lantos, J D, La Puma, J

“…The development of the total artificial heart (TAH) as a support before cardiac transplantation and as a possible permanent prosthesis has generated intense…”
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Physicians, AIDS, and Occupational Risk: Historic Traditions and Ethical Obligations by Zuger, Abigail, Miles, Steven H

“…The profound reluctance of some physicians to care for patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome prompted us to review medical responses to other…”
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A Challenge to Licensing Boards: The Stigma of Mental Illness by Miles, Steven H

“…Miles, a physician who has suffered from depression, believes that the medical profession would benefit from colleagues who were comfortable discussing their…”
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The do-not-resuscitate order in a teaching hospital: considerations and a suggested policy by Miles, S H, Cranford, R, Schultz, A L

“…We present a policy for implementing the do-not resuscitate orders by medical residents in a teaching hospital, and discuss decision making, legal and ethical…”
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