BSE sets agenda for imported gelatin

Article Abstract:

A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel has recommended a ban on gelatin manufactured from body parts of cows imported from countries affected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which is also called mad cow disease. This would reverse a 1994 decision by the FDA to allow the importation of bones and hides of pigs and cows to be used in gelatin. The panel was concerned that the manufacturing process may not inactivate the agent responsible for the disease. There is no evidence that gelatin has been implicated in the disease and gelatin made from US sources is safe.

Prevention, Gelatin, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

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Geriatricians want better end-of-life care

Article Abstract:

The current debate about physician-assisted suicide probably obscures the true desire of most Americans: to die in dignity without pain. Many geriatricians believe that if patients received better end-of-life care, the request for physician-assisted suicide would never arise. For this reason, the American Geriatrics Society outlined a plan to improve end-of-life care the day before the US Supreme Court heard arguments about the constitutionality of physician-assisted suicide. Many medical organizations are developing standards for end-of-life care.

Standards, Methods, Terminal care, Geriatrics

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Investment and Accountability Mean Better Care

Article Abstract:

Managed care plans that have to publish quality control data will probably improve their services. These data are reported to the National Committee for Quality Assurance, which then publishes them in a report. The 1997 report contains data on 50 quality control measures submitted by 447 managed care plans in 1997. Plans that reported this data every year tended to improve on many measures. While only half the existing managed care plans submit this data, those that do are among the largest plans.

Medical care, Managed care plans (Medical care), National Committee for Quality Assurance

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