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- Title
Ethics: Harm in the Emergency Department --Ethical Drivers for Change.
- Authors
McClelland, Mark
- Abstract
The article discusses ethical principles for driving improvements in the emergency department (ED). It describes the rise in ED utilization rates as well as factors behind ED crowding. It also explains ethical principles driving change in the ED, including beneficence, contractualism and respect for a person's autonomy.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BENEVOLENCE; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION making; EMERGENCY medical services; HEALTH services accessibility; HOSPITAL care; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; HOSPITAL wards; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; HOSPITAL emergency services; MEDICAL care use; PATIENTS; LEGAL status of patients; PATIENT safety; PROFESSIONAL ethics; QUALITY assurance; WORK design; PROFESSIONAL practice; PATIENT dumping -- Law &; legislation; MEDICAL laws; HOSPITAL mortality
- Publication
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 2015, Vol 20, Issue 2, p5
- ISSN
1091-3734
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3912/OJIN.Vol20No02EthCol01