What part of "no" don't you understand? Patient refusal of recommended treatment in the emergency department

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 221-227

  Derse, Arthur R ^a  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin Center for the Study of Bioethics   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making capacity; Emergency privilege; Emergency treatment; Informed consent; Informed refusal; Life sustaining medical treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; COMPREHENSION; COURT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXPERT WITNESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22944458904     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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