How Emergency Physicians Approach Refusal of Observation after Naloxone Resuscitation

Abstract

institutional guidelines or education on the topic, and many physicians expressed an interest in providing medication for addiction treatment in the ED. Conclusions: EPs approach this clinical and ethical dilemma in widely divergent ways. Consensus about strategies for navigating patients' wishes relative to clinical concerns are needed to help EPs manage these challenging cases.

How do healthcare professionals respond to ethical challenges regarding information management? A review of empirical studies

“…This lack of formal guidance may be due to an absence of clinical ethics consultancy services in some clinical contexts. For example, a majority of emergency physicians interviewed by Joseph et al (2019), claim that they have no institutional guidelines or education on how to access patients' decision-making capacities. Similarly, a majority of medical oncologists in a study conducted by George & Demir Kureci (2020) claim that the most common issue for them was the absence of clinical ethics consultancy to guide them when they encounter ethical challenges (regarding information).…”