Research article summary (published 30 Jul 2006):

Informed consent and refusal of treatment: challenges for emergency physicians.

Full Abstract

Due to the distinctive features of the hospital emergency department and its patients, emergency physicians confront special challenges in respecting patient rights to informed consent to treatment. After a brief review of the doctrine of informed consent and of its significance in the emergency department, this article will examine three specific challenges for informed consent and refusal of treatment in emergency medicine:
(1) assessing patient decision-making capacity, (2) performing procedures on the newly dead, and (3) making treatment decisions for patients in legal custody.

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Author information

Author/s: Moskop, John C (JC);

Affiliation: Department of Medical Humanitites, The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, 600 Moye Boulevard, Greenville, NC 27834, USA. moskopj(-atsign-)mail.ecu.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Emergency medicine clinics of North America (Emerg Med Clin North Am), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Aug; vol 24 (issue 3) : pp 605-18

Dates: Created 2006/07/31; Completed 2006/09/14;

PMID: 16877132, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Emergency Medicine - ethics Emergency Service, Hospital - ethics Humans Informed Consent

Patient Care - ethics Prisoners - legislation & jurisprudence Treatment Refusal United States

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