Ethical dilemmas in the acute setting: a framework for clinicians

Nearly all healthcare professionals will encounter ethical dilemmas in their work but rarely get any training in how to resolve them. Using a real case, Daniel Sokol and colleagues illustrate a structured approach to ethical analysis

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Published in:BMJ 2011-09, Vol.343 (7825), p.674-675
Main Authors: Sokol, Daniel K, McFadzean, William A, Dickson, William A, Whitaker, Iain S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advance directives
Advance Directives - ethics
ANALYSIS
Applied ethics
Body mass index
Burn units
Burns - etiology
Burns - psychology
Burns - therapy
Clinical decision making
Clinical ethics
Consent
Decision making
Do not resuscitate
Emergency Service, Hospital - ethics
Ethical dilemmas
Ethics
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Intensive care
Medical ethics
Medical personnel
Ostomy
Patient Preference
Psychiatric hospitals
Quadrants
Quality of Life
Self destructive behavior
Skin
Suicide, Attempted - ethics
Tattooing
Tattoos
Theater
Training
Young Adult
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Summary:Nearly all healthcare professionals will encounter ethical dilemmas in their work but rarely get any training in how to resolve them. Using a real case, Daniel Sokol and colleagues illustrate a structured approach to ethical analysis
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.d5528