Emergency Service, Hospital - Ethics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Emergency department crowding, part 1--concept, causes, and moral consequences.

20 Nov 2008 Crowding is an increasingly common occurrence in hospital-based emergency departments (EDs) across the globe. This 2-article series offers an ethical and policy analysis of ED crowding. Part 1 begins with a discussion of terms used to describe this ... Read more...

Clinical research without consent in adults in the emergency setting: a review of patient and public views.

27 Apr 2008 BACKGROUND: In emergency research, obtaining informed consent can be problematic. Research to develop and improve treatments for patients admitted to hospital with life-threatening and debilitating conditions is much needed yet the issue of research ... Read more...

Defining the scope of implied consent in the emergency department.

29 Nov 2007 PURPOSE: To determine the relative value that patients place on consent for procedures in the emergency department (ED) and to define a set of procedures that fall in the realm of implied consent. METHODS: A questionnaire was administered to a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Emergency Service, Hospital - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• High-profile death throws spotlight on error reports. 26 Apr 2009
• Occult gunshot wounds in the emergency department. 19 Feb 2009
• "Oh, that's a really hard question": Australian findings on ethical reflection in an accident and emergency ward. 29 Nov 2008
• Emergency department crowding, part 1--concept, causes, and moral consequences. 20 Nov 2008
• When can staff divulge patient's HIV status? Warn patients of specific risks. What if HIPAA conflicts with your state's law? 30 Oct 2008
• The hardest news: death disclosure in the emergency department. 16 Aug 2008
• Upholding patient autonomy. 29 Apr 2008
• Clinical research without consent in adults in the emergency setting: a review of patient and public views. 27 Apr 2008
• Community consultation for emergency exception to informed consent: how much is enough? 30 Mar 2008
• Preparing for a pandemic. 29 Nov 2007
• Consent by survey: losing autonomy one percentage point at a time. 29 Nov 2007
• Defining the scope of implied consent in the emergency department: shortchanging patients' right to self determination. 29 Nov 2007
• Consent: informed, simple, implied and presumed. 29 Nov 2007
• Information disclosure and consent: patient preferences and provider responsibilities. 29 Nov 2007
• Is patients' time too valuable for informed consent? 29 Nov 2007
• The three faces of "yes": consent for emergency department procedures. 29 Nov 2007
• Implied, presumed and waived consent: the relative moral wrongs of under- and over-informing. 29 Nov 2007
• Defining the scope of implied consent in the emergency department. 29 Nov 2007
• Practical challenges in a hospital pandemic influenza preparedness plan. 29 Sep 2007
• Unassigned patients in the ER and followup care--whose responsibility is it? 30 Aug 2007

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Technical information about 'Emergency Service, Hospital'

Definition: Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of immediate medical or surgical care to the emergency patient.

Descriptor UI: D004636

Alternative terms: Emergency Service, Hospital; Emergency Hospital Service; Emergency Hospital Services; Hospital Service, Emergency; Hospital Services, Emergency; Service, Emergency Hospital; Services, Emergency Hospital; Hospital Emergency Service; Service, Hospital Emergency; Emergency Services, Hospital; Hospital Emergency Services; Services, Hospital Emergency; Hospital Service Emergency; Emergencies, Hospital Service; Emergency, Hospital Service; Hospital Service Emergencies; Service Emergencies, Hospital; Service Emergency, Hospital; Emergency Outpatient Unit; Emergency Outpatient Units; Outpatient Unit, Emergency; Outpatient Units, Emergency; Unit, Emergency Outpatient; Units, Emergency Outpatient;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.278.354.422.336; N02.421.297.195; N04.452.442.422.336;

Online Note: use EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL to search HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE 1966-77

History Note: 78; was HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE 1963-77

Technical Notes: DF: EMERGENCY SERV HOSP