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Readers Respond: Ethical Issues in Interhospital Transfers of ED Patients

ACEP Now

A national physician on-call data center where hospital on-call lists are published and categorized by location would be of great value in locating the appropriate available hospital and physician. Thomas Benzoni, DO, FACEP The post Readers Respond: Ethical Issues in Interhospital Transfers of ED Patients appeared first on ACEP Now.

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Schreiber – Ethical Issues in the ICU

University of Maryland CC Project

Disease/Critical Care Medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center presents a talk entitled "Ethical Issues in the ICU" as part of the DC5 lecture series.

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Ethical Issues in Interhospital Transfers of Emergency Department Patients

ACEP Now

1 Hospital boarding is the main driver of ED crowding, with patients nearly always awaiting transfer to inpatient beds and now more commonly, to other hospitals. 2 This article discusses the practical and ethical issues of interhospital transfer of these patients.

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Tips for Real-Time Information Sharing with Patients

ACEP Now

In turn, concerns have arisen regarding when information blocking is appropriate and what ethical issues emergency department (ED) physicians must consider prior to information blocking. Dr. Bissmeyer is a senior resident at Orange Park Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla.

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The Rapid Ideological Retraction of a Scientific Article on Rapid Onset-Gender Dysphoria

Sensible Medicine

Suzanna is not an academic, and so she did not seek ethics approval prior to conducting the survey. People conducting research outside of universities and hospitals are not required to obtain IRB approval. In the United States, approval is given by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). Thus, she did not seek approval from an IRB.

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