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The urban emergency department: The issue of professional responsibility

✍ Scribed by Natalie Abrams; Michael D. Buckner; Richard I. Levin

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1982
Tongue: English
Weight: 648 KB
Volume: 11
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6760
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(82)80303-x

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✦ Synopsis

The urban emergency department is routinely asked to manage not only medical emergencies, but also a great variety of social emergencies. This situation is caused in part by budgetary constraints which prevent other agencies from providing 24-hour coverage. In an age of instant access to computerized information, these conditions often result in ethical and legal problems of extreme complexity. A case is presented which raises the issues of confidentiality and liberty in the fiduciary relationship between doctor and patient. The concept of personal care is found to be paramount.

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