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An Oregon gastroenterology group was hit with a $25M wrongful death verdict after a 43-year-old patient with obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertension died during a routine outpatient colonoscopy, with liability centered on the decision to perform the procedure in a lower-acuity setting despite a risk profile that plaintiffs argued warranted a hospital environment.

Nurses frequently express ethical uncertainty and emotional burden when institutional constraints or unclear policies interfere with the delivery of person-centered care.

“Provider undermines the physician’s ethical obligations, clinical integrity, and accountability, as well as trust in the patient–physician relationship.” — ACP Board of Regents

“Like many people, I often oscillate between excitement about the potential for AI to benefit humanity, while at other times I am fearful of ways it may be misused or cause harm.” – Ann Wieben, PhD, MS, BSN, RN, NI-BC

The brothers falsely inflated OP-1250’s overall response rate from 9% to 17% and bumped up the expected phase II response rate from 18% to 36%.

“Americans cannot trust their government. The HHS, FDA, NIH, CDC, and executive branch have collectively jumped the public health shark.” – Arthur Caplan, American ethicist