جزییات کتاب
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.Content: Chapter 1 Physician Care of Family, Friends, or Colleagues (pages 1–14): Taku Taira and Joel Martin GeidermanChapter 2 The Impaired Physician (pages 15–26): Peter Moffett and Christopher KangChapter 3 Disclosure of Medical Error and Truth Telling (pages 27–35): Abhi Mehrotra and Cherri HobgoodChapter 4 Conflicts Between Patient Requests and Physician Obligations (pages 37–46): Shellie L. AsherChapter 5 Judgmental Attitudes and Opinions in the Emergency Department (pages 47–55): V. Ramana FeeserChapter 6 Using Physicians as Agents of the State (pages 57–66): Jeremy R. SimonChapter 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. DerseChapter 8 Palliative Care in the Emergency Department (pages 79–87): Tammie E. Quest and Paul DeSandreChapter 9 Refusal of Life?Saving Therapy (pages 89–97): Catherine A. Marco and Arthur R. DerseChapter 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. SchmidtChapter 11 Futility in Emergency Medicine (pages 117–125): Arthur R. DerseChapter 12 The Care of Minors in the Emergency Department (pages 127–138): Chloe?Maryse BaxterChapter 13 Chemical Restraints, Physical Restraints, and Other Demonstrations of Force (pages 139–148): Michael P. Wilson and Christian M. SloaneChapter 14 Capacity Determination in the Patient with Altered Mental Status (pages 149–156): Michael C. Tricoci and Catherine A. MarcoChapter 15 Obstetric Emergency: Perimortem Cesarean Section (pages 157–165): Kenneth D. Marshall and Carrie TibblesChapter 16 Non?Medical Observers in the Emergency Department (pages 167–178): Joel Martin GeidermanChapter 17 Religious Perspectives on Do?Not?Resuscitate (DNR) Documents and the Dying Patient (pages 179–185): Avraham SteinbergChapter 18 Non?Physician Influence on the Scope and Responsibilities of Emergency Physicians (pages 187–195): Laura G. Burke and Jennifer V. PopeChapter 19 Privacy and Confidentiality: Particular Challenges in the Emergency Department (pages 197–205): Jessica H. Stevens and Michael N. CocchiChapter 20 Short?Term International Medical Initiatives (pages 207–220): Matthew B. Allen, Christine Dyott and John JesusChapter 21 Disaster Triage (pages 221–236): Matthew B. Allen and John JesusChapter 22 The Emergency Physician as a Bystander outside the Hospital (pages 237–245): Zev Wiener and Shamai A. GrossmanChapter 23 Military Objectives Versus Patient Interests (pages 247–258): Kenneth D. Marshall and Kathryn L. Hall?BoyerChapter 24 Treatment of Potential Organ Donors (pages 259–269): Glen E. Michael and John JesusChapter 25 Mandatory and Permissive Reporting Laws: Conflicts in Patient Confidentiality, Autonomy, and the Duty to Report (pages 271–285): Joel Martin GeidermanChapter 26 Ethics of Care during a Pandemic (pages 287–298): John C. MoskopChapter 27 Practicing Medical Procedures on the Newly or Nearly Dead (pages 299–310): Ajay V. Jetley and Catherine A. MarcoChapter 28 Ethics of Research without Informed Consent (pages 311–320): Dave W. Lu, Jonathan Burstein and John Jesus