Book contents
- Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine
- Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Book part
- 1 Principles of Medical Ethics
- 2 Law and Ethics
- 3 Triage in Emergency Medicine
- 4 Privacy, Confidentiality, and Public Health Reporting
- 5 Social Media and Electronic Communications
- 6 Multiculturalism and “Cultural Competency”
- 7 Informed Consent
- 8 Against Medical Advice, Refusal of Care, and Informed Consent
- 9 Care of Minors
- 10 The Difficult Patient
- 11 Law Enforcement in the Emergency Department
- 12 Research Ethics
- 13 Conflicts of Interest
- 14 Medical Errors and Patient Safety
- 15 Expert Witness Testimony
- 16 Values and Responsibilities in Professional Practice
- 17 The Ethics of Disasters
- 18 Stewardship of Health Care Resources
- 19 Education in Emergency Medicine
- 20 Suicide Attempts
- 21 Geriatric Emergency Medicine
- 22 Palliative Medicine
- 23 End-of-Life Care
- Book part
- Book part
- Index
- References
18 - Stewardship of Health Care Resources
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2015
Book contents
- Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine
- Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Book part
- 1 Principles of Medical Ethics
- 2 Law and Ethics
- 3 Triage in Emergency Medicine
- 4 Privacy, Confidentiality, and Public Health Reporting
- 5 Social Media and Electronic Communications
- 6 Multiculturalism and “Cultural Competency”
- 7 Informed Consent
- 8 Against Medical Advice, Refusal of Care, and Informed Consent
- 9 Care of Minors
- 10 The Difficult Patient
- 11 Law Enforcement in the Emergency Department
- 12 Research Ethics
- 13 Conflicts of Interest
- 14 Medical Errors and Patient Safety
- 15 Expert Witness Testimony
- 16 Values and Responsibilities in Professional Practice
- 17 The Ethics of Disasters
- 18 Stewardship of Health Care Resources
- 19 Education in Emergency Medicine
- 20 Suicide Attempts
- 21 Geriatric Emergency Medicine
- 22 Palliative Medicine
- 23 End-of-Life Care
- Book part
- Book part
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medicine , pp. 266 - 277Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
References
For Further Reading
American College of Emergency Physicians. (2001). Emergency physician stewardship of finite resources. www.acep.org/Content.aspx?id=29422Google Scholar
Beauchamp, T., & Childress, J. (2001). Principles of biomedical ethics (5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Combes, J. R., & Arespacochaga, E. (2013). Appropriate use of medical resources. American Hospital Association’s Physician Leadership Forum, Chicago, IL. www.aha.org/advocacy-issues/appropuse/index.shtmlGoogle Scholar
Douglas, S. (2012). Physician stewardship of health care resources. American Medical Association Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs. www.ama-assn.org/resources/doc/ethics/ceja-1a12.pdfGoogle Scholar
Freeman, J., & McDonnell, K. (2001). Tough decisions: Cases in medical ethics. New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Furrow, B., Greaney, T., Johnson, S., Jost, T., & Schwartz, R. (2004). Bioethics: Health care law and ethics (5th ed.). St. Paul, MN: Thomson West.Google Scholar
Jonsen, A., Sigler, M., & Winslade, W. (1992) Clinical ethics (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.Google Scholar
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2013). Strengthening affordability and quality in America’s health care system. www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/reports/2013/rwjf405432Google Scholar