Ethical Problems in Emergency Medicine: A Discussion-Based Review

Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Ethical Problems in Emergency Medicine: A Discussion-Based Review

Editor(s): John Jesus, Shamai A. Grossman, Arthur R. Derse, James G. Adams, Richard Wolfe, Peter Rosen

Published Online: 20 JUN 2012 05:07AM EST

Print ISBN: 9780470673478

Online ISBN: 9781118292150

DOI: 10.1002/9781118292150

Series Editor(s): Peter Rosen, Shamai A. Grossman

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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 of the case, as if at a morbidity and mortality conference, by a panel of experienced attending physicians explaining how they would approach the ethical dilemmas associated with the case, and a review of the existing literature.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xiv)

  2. Section One: Challenging Professionalism

    1. Chapter 1

      Physician Care of Family, Friends, or Colleagues (pages 1–14)

      Taku Taira and Joel Martin Geiderman

    2. Chapter 2

      The Impaired Physician (pages 15–26)

      Peter Moffett and Christopher Kang

    3. Chapter 3

      Disclosure of Medical Error and Truth Telling (pages 27–35)

      Abhi Mehrotra and Cherri Hobgood

    4. Chapter 4

      Conflicts Between Patient Requests and Physician Obligations (pages 37–46)

      Shellie L. Asher

    5. Chapter 5

      Judgmental Attitudes and Opinions in the Emergency Department (pages 47–55)

      V. Ramana Feeser

    6. Chapter 6

      Using Physicians as Agents of the State (pages 57–66)

      Jeremy R. Simon

  3. Section Two: End-of-Life Decisions

    1. Chapter 7

      Family-Witnessed Resuscitation in the Emergency Department: Making Sense of Ethical and Practical Considerations in an Emotional Debate (pages 67–77)

      Kirsten G. Engel and Arthur R. Derse

    2. Chapter 8

      Palliative Care in the Emergency Department (pages 79–87)

      Tammie E. Quest and Paul DeSandre

    3. Chapter 9

      Refusal of Life-Saving Therapy (pages 89–97)

      Catherine A. Marco and Arthur R. Derse

    4. Chapter 10

      Revisiting Comfort-Directed Therapies: Death and Dying in the Emergency Department, Including Withholding and Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment (pages 99–115)

      Raquel M. Schears and Terri A. Schmidt

    5. Chapter 11

      Futility in Emergency Medicine (pages 117–125)

      Arthur R. Derse

  4. Section Three: Representing Vulnerable Populations

    1. Chapter 12

      The Care of Minors in the Emergency Department (pages 127–138)

      Chloë-Maryse Baxter

    2. Chapter 13

      Chemical Restraints, Physical Restraints, and Other Demonstrations of Force (pages 139–148)

      Michael P. Wilson and Christian M. Sloane

    3. Chapter 14

      Capacity Determination in the Patient with Altered Mental Status (pages 149–156)

      Michael C. Tricoci and Catherine A. Marco

    4. Chapter 15

      Obstetric Emergency: Perimortem Cesarean Section (pages 157–165)

      Kenneth D. Marshall and Carrie Tibbles

  5. Section Four: Outside Influence and Observation

    1. Chapter 16

      Non-Medical Observers in the Emergency Department (pages 167–178)

      Joel Martin Geiderman

    2. Chapter 17

      Religious Perspectives on Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Documents and the Dying Patient (pages 179–185)

      Avraham Steinberg

    3. Chapter 18

      Non-Physician Influence on the Scope and Responsibilities of Emergency Physicians (pages 187–195)

      Laura G. Burke and Jennifer V. Pope

    4. Chapter 19

      Privacy and Confidentiality: Particular Challenges in the Emergency Department (pages 197–205)

      Jessica H. Stevens and Michael N. Cocchi

  6. Section Five: Emergency Medicine outside the Emergency Department

    1. Chapter 20

      Short-Term International Medical Initiatives (pages 207–220)

      Matthew B. Allen, Christine Dyott and John Jesus

    2. Chapter 21

      Disaster Triage (pages 221–236)

      Matthew B. Allen and John Jesus

    3. Chapter 22

      The Emergency Physician as a Bystander outside the Hospital (pages 237–245)

      Zev Wiener and Shamai A. Grossman

    4. Chapter 23

      Military Objectives Versus Patient Interests (pages 247–258)

      Kenneth D. Marshall and Kathryn L. Hall-Boyer

  7. Section Six: Public Health as Emergency Medicine

    1. Chapter 24

      Treatment of Potential Organ Donors (pages 259–269)

      Glen E. Michael and John Jesus

    2. Chapter 25

      Mandatory and Permissive Reporting Laws: Conflicts in Patient Confidentiality, Autonomy, and the Duty to Report (pages 271–285)

      Joel Martin Geiderman

    3. Chapter 26

      Ethics of Care during a Pandemic (pages 287–298)

      John C. Moskop

  8. Section Seven: Education and Research

    1. Chapter 27

      Practicing Medical Procedures on the Newly or Nearly Dead (pages 299–310)

      Ajay V. Jetley and Catherine A. Marco

    2. Chapter 28

      Ethics of Research without Informed Consent (pages 311–320)

      Dave W. Lu, Jonathan Burstein and John Jesus

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      Appendix: Useful Resources (pages 321–324)

      Alexander Bracey

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      Index (pages 325–331)

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