ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE

The emergency department is a place of challenging ethical dilemmas and little time and resources to solve them. Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine provides invaluable information, perspectives, and solutions to common ethical dilemmas in emergency medicine. It addresses important topics seen in the emergency department, including medicolegal issues, triage, privacy and confidentiality, social media, difficult patients, minors, research, patient safety, disasters, suicide, and end of life issues. The accompanying educational modules provide a unique educational opportunity for resident and staff education on ethical issues in emergency medicine. Featuring twenty-three case-based discussions of ethical dilemmas in emergency medicine along with numerous multimedia resources, including media presentations, case based discussions, and multiple choice questions, this book is an invaluable resource for residents in training as well as practicing physicians.

- Presented in an easy-to-read case-based format
- Includes multimedia resources, including media presentations, case-based discussions, and multiple choice questions
- Helps provide solutions to recognisable, everyday ethical dilemmas in emergency medicine

Authors
- Catherine Marco, MD, FACEP is a Professor at Wright State University, Ohio, in the Department of Emergency Medicine. She has been active in the education, research, and writing arenas. She has published numerous research manuscripts and book chapters on medical ethics, resuscitation, and pain management.
- Raquel M. Schears, MD, MPH, FACEP is a full-time clinician and scholar at the Mayo Clinic. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr Schears has published peer-reviewed articles, taught in several residency programs, and has conducted clinical research. Her publications reveal career interests in the ethical dilemmas of life sustaining interventions including organ donation, advance directives, and informed consent.

Table of Contents
1. Principles of medical ethics
2. Law and ethics
3. Triage of emergency patients
4. Privacy, confidentiality and public health reporting
5. Social media and electronic communications
6. Multiculturalism and 'cultural competency'
7. Informed consent
8. Against medical advice, refusal of care, and informed consent
9. Care of minors
10. The difficult patient
11. Law enforcement in the emergency department
12. Research ethics
13. Conflicts of interest
14. Medical errors and patient safety
15. Expert witness testimony
16. Values and responsibilities in professional practice
17. The ethics of disasters
18. Stewardship of health care resources
19. Education in emergency medicine
20. Suicide attempts
21. Geriatric emergency medicine
22. Palliative medicine
23. End of life care