Ethical problems in emergency medicine a discussion-based review

• Other Authors: Jesus, John (Editor), Rosen, Peter (Editor), Adams, James (Editor), Derse, Arthur R. (Editor), Grossman, Shamai (Editor), Wolfe, Richard (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex Wiley-Blackwell 2012
• Series: Current topics in emergency medicine
• Subjects: Emergency Medicine > ethics; Emergencies; Emergency Medical Services > ethics
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• Physical Description: xiv, 331 pages illustrations (black and white) 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780470673478; 0470673478

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