ContextOver the past century, nursing homes and hospitals increasingly have become the
site of death, yet no national studies have examined the adequacy or quality of end-of-life …

CONTEXT: Primarily because of immigration, Asian Americans are one of the fastest
growing and most ethnically diverse minority groups in the United States. However, little is …

ContextThe free and open sharing of information, data, and materials regarding published
research is vital to the replication of published results, the efficient advancement of science …

Background Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are pressing public issues. We
aimed to collect empirical data on these controversial interventions, particularly on the …

In 1984 the Wisconsin Division of Health showed interest in patients' receipt of verbal
consultation for prescription drugs and included relevant questions in the Wisconsin Health …

Context.—Despite intense debates about legalization, there are few data examining the
details of actual euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (PAS) cases in the United …

It is unclear whether the regulatory distinction between non-identifiable and identifiable
information—information used to determine informed consent practices for the use of …

Background Although industry sponsors provide approximately 70 percent of the funding for
clinical drug trials in the United States, little is known about the legal agreements that exist …

Article-at-a-Glance Background Fifty hospitals collaborated in a patient safety initiative
developed and implemented by the Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical …

Background: Disseminating new safe practices has proved challenging. In a statewide
initiative we developed a framework for (1) selecting two safe practices,(2) developing …