Reviews and Notes: Ethics: Ethics in Emergency Medicine

  1. David L. Jackson, MD, PhD
  1. AssurQual, Inc., Baltimore, MD 21230

    2nd edition. KV Iverson, AB Sanders, and D Mathieu; eds. 519 pages. Tucson, AZ: Galen Pr; 1995. $39.95. ISBN 1-883620-14-7. Order phone 520-577-8363.

    Developing the knowledge and the abilities needed to apply ethical principles effectively in clinical decision making is a challenge that is underemphasized, both in medical education and in the hectic pace of clinical practice. These issues are even more difficult to address in settings in which the severity of illness increases the need for rapid decision making.

    The emergency department is a place where special problems in practical medical ethics are confronted daily. The second edition of Ethics …

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