Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency Medicine

Edited by Eileen F. Baker

What Do I Do Now Emergency Medicine

Uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the legal and ethical dilemmas that surface in the practice of emergency medicine
Written in an easy-to-follow format which emphasizes key learning points
Both an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases and a self-assessment tool

Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency Medicine

Edited by Eileen F. Baker

What Do I Do Now Emergency Medicine

Description

Part of the “What Do I Do Now?: Emergency Medicine” series, Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency Medicine uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the legal and ethical dilemmas that surface in the practice of emergency medicine. Each unique case draws upon the four well-established principles of bioethics: beneficence, non-maleficence, respect for autonomy, and justice. Other ethical principles, such as honesty and personal integrity, are also addressed. Chapters are rounded out by key points to remember and selected references for further reading. Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency Medicine addresses a wide range of topics including HIPPA and confidentiality, advance directives, suicidal patients, refusal of care, expert witness testimony, and more. This book is an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they encounter difficult situations in the emergency department. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"

Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency Medicine

Edited by Eileen F. Baker

What Do I Do Now Emergency Medicine

1. "Send Me the Pictures"
Catherine A. Marco

2. Why We Care for Anyone with Anything at Anytime
Jay M. Brenner

3. No and Yes
Kenneth V. Iserson

4. "Thanks, but No, Thanks!"
Arthur R. Derse

5. On the Edge of Death
Alexander Zoretich and Arvind Venkat

6. Who Decides?
Kenneth V. Iserson

7. Saving Grandpa?
Ahmed Shaikh and Jeremy R. Simon

8. Failed Suicide Attempt in the Terminally Ill
Kenneth V. Iserson and Eileen F. Baker

9. The Doctor's Dilemma
Raquel M. Schears and Markayle R. Schears

10. Hide and Seek
Purva Grover

11. The Drunken Drug Lord
Jeremy R. Simon

12. No Country for Sick Men
Diane L. Gorgas and Simiao Li-Sauerwine

13. The Reluctant Consultant
Sara R. Zaidi and Jeremy R. Simon

14. Managing Bias and Belligerence
Shannon Markus and Carmen Wolfe

15. Very Important Patients
Kelsey Nestor and Carmen Wolfe

16. Frequent Flyer
Catherine A. Marco

17. "12/10" Abdominal Pain
Chadd K. Kraus

18. Fear and Loathing in the ED
Thomas E. Robey and Jay M. Brenner

19. Everyday J
Chadd K. Kraus

20. "I Want a Baby, but Not With Him"
Simiao Li-Sauerwine and Diane L. Gorgas

21. Risky Behavior
Catherine A. Marco

22. Little Secrets, Big Lies
Simiao Li-Sauerwine and Diane L. Gorgas

23. Like, Comment, Post... Lawsuit?!
Jillian L. McGrath and Lydia M. Sahlani

24. An Industrial Accident
Chadd K. Kraus

25. Doctors Police Your Own Expert Witness Testimony
Robert Solomon

Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency Medicine

Edited by Eileen F. Baker

What Do I Do Now Emergency Medicine

Author Information

Eileen F. Baker, MD, PhD, FACEP grew up in Santa Rosa, California, and received her Bachelor of Arts and Sciences from the University of California, Davis. She graduated from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at Summa Health System in Akron Ohio. She has worked as a community emergency physician since 2001, and moved to Bowling Green, Ohio, to pursue her PhD in Applied Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. In addition to clinical duties at five emergency departments in northwest Ohio, Dr. Baker teaches Medical Ethics at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences.

Contributors:

Jay M. Brenner, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
SUNY-Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY

Arthur R. Derse, MD, JD FACEP
Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Diane L. Gorgas, MD
Clinical Professor, Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Department of Emergency Medicine
Executive Director, Office of Global Health
The Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Columbus, OH

Purva Grover, MD MBA FACEP
Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Department
Emergency Services Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Kenneth V. Iserson, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM, FIFEM
Professor Emeritus, Department of Emergency Medicine
The University of Arizona
Consultant, Emergency Medicine Residency
Georgetown (Guyana) Public Hospital
Tucson, AZ

Chadd K. Kraus, DO, DrPH, MPH, FACEP
Director, Emergency Medicine Research
Core Faculty, Emergency Medicine Residency
Department of Emergency Medicine
Geisinger Health System
Danville, PA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine
Scranton, PA

Simiao Li-Sauerwine, MD, MS
Assistant Professor-Clinical
Assistant Residency Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
The Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Catherine A. Marco, MD
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
Attending Physician, Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton, OH

Shannon Markus, MD, MPH
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Jillian L. McGrath, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Kelsey Nestor, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Thomas E. Robey, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Elson S. Floyd School of Medicine
Washington State University
Providence Regional Medical Center
Everett, WA

Lydia M. Sahlani, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Raquel M. Schears MD, MPH, MBA
Professor
University of Central Florida
Department of Emergency Medicine
Osceola Regional Medical Center
Orlando, FL

Markayle R. Schears, BS
Nanjing University-Johns Hopkins University Graduate Program
Nanjing, China
University of Wisconson-Madison
Madison, WI

Ahmed Shaikh, MD
Emergency Medicine Residency
NewYork-Presbyterian
New York, NY

Jeremy R. Simon, MD, PhD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Columbia University
New York, NY

Robert C. Solomon, MD, FACEP
Medical Director, Emergency Department
Medical Director, Hospitalist Service
Ellwood City Medical Center
Ellwood City, PA

Arvind Venkat, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Allegheny Health Network
Pittsburgh, PA

Carmen Wolfe, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

Sara R. Zaidi, MD
Emergency Medicine Residency
NewYork-Presbyterian
New York, NY

Alexander Zoretich, MD
Resident
Department of Emergency Medicine
Allegheny Health Network
Pittsburgh, PA

Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency Medicine

Edited by Eileen F. Baker

What Do I Do Now Emergency Medicine

Reviews and Awards

"This book is excellent and I would recommend it to anyone in the field of emergency medicine. It goes through actual cases and breaks down what could have been done differently to avoid legal action and provide the best care possible to the patient... Overall, this book is very well organized and informative." -- Jacy M O'Keefe, MD, Regions Hospital, Doody's