Ethical problems in emergency medicine: a discussion-based review
by Jesus, John
This book is designed to consolidate the relevant literature as well as the thoughts of professionals currently working in the field into a practical and accessible reference for the emergency medical technician, student, nurse, resident, and attending emergency physician. Each chapter is divided into four sections: case presentation, discussion, review of the current literature, and recommendations. Designed to serve simultaneously as a learning and reference tool, each chapter begins with a r…
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- Full title :Ethical problems in emergency medicine : a discussion-based review / John Jesus, James G. Adams, Shamai A. Grossman, Richard Wolfe, Arthur R. Derse, Peter Rosen.
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This book is designed to consolidate the relevant literature as well as the thoughts of professionals currently working in the field into a practical and accessible reference for the emergency medical technician, student, nurse, resident, and attending emergency physician. Each chapter is divided into four sections: case presentation, discussion, review of the current literature, and recommendations. Designed to serve simultaneously as a learning and reference tool, each chapter begins with a real case that was encountered in an ED setting. The case presentation is followed by a short discussion.
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- Publication Date:2012.
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- Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
- Place of Publication:Hoboken, N.J
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781118292129, 111829212X, 9781118292136, 1118292138, 9781118292143, 1118292146, 9781118292150, 1118292154, 1280775610, 9781280775611, 0470673478, 9780470673478, 9786613686008, 661368600X
- oclc:ocn774213764
- LC Classification:RC86.95
- Dewey Decimal:174.2/96025
Table of Contents
Ethical Problems in Emergency Medicine; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Section One: Challenging professionalism; 1: Physician care of family, friends, or colleagues; 2: The impaired physician; 3: Disclosure of medical error and truth telling; 4: Conflicts between patient requests and physician obligations; 5: Judgmental attitudes and opinions in the emergency department; 6: Using physicians as agents of the state; Section Two: End-of-life decisions; 7: Family-witnessed resuscitation in the emergency department: making sense of ethical and practical considerations in an emotional debate.
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