Managing Medical Requests From Family and Friends

Financing from Family and Friends∗

We present two models in which a family investor differs from a non-family investor only in that she has an altruistic relationship with the entrepreneur who seeks financing. We show that because of this single difference, family finance is a source of trust capital whereas formal finance is a source of risk capital. Both deepen the financial market. Family finance has two drawbacks: Risk remai...

How Should Clinicians Respond to Medical Requests from Clinician Family Members of Patients?

In the medical profession, receiving a request for medical management from a colleague is a routine experience. However, when the colleague is a family member of a patient and the desired or requested medical intervention is not medically indicated in the attending physician's view, the situation becomes more complicated. Ethical issues include respect for patient autonomy and social justice as...

To my family and friends

Calling All Facebook Friends: Exploring Requests for Help on Facebook

Past research suggests Facebook use is linked to perceptions of social capital, a concept that taps into the resources people gain from interactions with their social network. In this study, we examine a sample of public Facebook status updates (N=20,000) for instances in which users request a response from their network. These attempts to mobilize resources offer insight into the mechanisms th...

Patient and family requests for hastened death.

Patient and family requests for hastened death, upsetting as they are to the treating team, are usually a way for patients and their families to express their need for an increase in the intensity of communication, improved symptom control, or acknowledgment of an existential or spiritual crisis. Rarely do they represent the need for patients to control the time, place, and manner of their deat...