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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. Chapters are rounded out by key points to remember and selected references for further reading.
List of contents
- 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
About the author
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.
Summary
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. Chapters are rounded out by key points to remember and selected references for further reading.
