Ethics in the Emergency Room

This issue focus on ethics in the ER.

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Virtual Mentor. June 2010, Volume 12, Number 6: 435-516. Full Issue PDF

June 2010 Contents

Time and Resource Constraints in the Emergency Room

From the Editor

Keeping Ethics Alive in the ED
Thomas Robey
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:437-439.

Educating for Professionalism

Clinical Cases

Make It OK That This Life Is Ending
Commentary by Caroline Pace
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:440-443.

Taking No for an Answer—Refusal of Life-Sustaining Treatment
Commentary by Stephanie Cooper
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:444-449.

Resource Allocation Shake-Up
Commentary by Damon Allen Darsey and Robert Galli
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:450-454.

Medical Education

Preparing for the Unexpected—Teaching ER Ethics
Kelly A. Edwards and Thomas Robey
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:455-458.

The Code Says

AMA Code of Medical Ethics’ Opinion on Physician Duty to Treat
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Virtual Mentor. 2010; 12:459.