Ethical considerations regarding the disabled anesthesiologist
701 et seq. 6 42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq 7 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq 8* Percival, T. (1803). Medical Ethics; Or, a Code of Institutes and Precepts, Adapted to…
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Informed refusal – the Jehovah’s Witness patient
principle of beneficence may weigh more heavily than respecting individual autonomy. Adults with appropriate decision-making capacity express their autonomy through the informed consent process. Physicians demonstrate respect for the autonomy…
Triage and treatment of wounded during armed conflict
Table 47.2. Factors influencing discrete categorization of the wounded help protect (or at least not breach) the internal morality of military physicians, whose behavior by virtue of formal and informal…
Physician participation in executions
Table 49.2. Fractionalization of responsibility during executions to diffuse responsibility (Note: not all institutions have identical execution processes, so these examples may not be universal) the execution procedure; monitoring vital…
Publication ethics: obligations of authors, peer-reviewers, and editors
* summarized from the Committee on Publication Ethics http://www.publicationethics.org/files/u2/New_Code.pdf. and that any potential personal conflicts of interest are avoided or at least made transparent. COPE has outlined a code of…
Opioid therapy in addicted patients: background and perspective from the US
background and perspective from the US Jane C. Ballantyne and Joseph Klein The three cases Please refer to the previous chapter’s cases for discussion. Opium addiction as a social problem…
Withholding and withdrawing life support in the intensive care unit
* Adapted by Medical Triage Policy, Yale–New Haven Hospital. example, when the demand for ICU beds exceeds capacity, physicians may have to deny admission to patients who might benefit.3 Similarly,…
Physician facilitation of torture and coercive interrogation
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 4 8 Physician facilitation of torture and coercive interrogation David B. Waisel The Case A suspect informs police that he has buried a 5 year-old girl in a…
Ethical principles regarding physician response to disasters: pandemics, natural disasters, and terrorism
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> 45 Ethical principles regarding physician response to disasters: pandemics, natural disasters, and terrorism Susan K. Palmer The Case During morning rush hour, a subway station in a major…
Triage in civilian mass casualty situations
number rather than the particular good of the patients at hand. This rule is justified only because of the clear necessity of general public welfare in a crisis.2 Justice Patients’…
