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Contents
- 1 “Send Me the Pictures”: Patient Confidentiality in a Digital World: HIPAA and ConfidentialityCatherine A. Marco
- 2 EMTALA and Deferred Care: Why We Care for Anyone With Anything at Any TimeJay M. Brenner
- 3 Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity: No and Yes Kenneth V. Iserson
- 4 “Thanks, But No Thanks!” Patient Refusal of ED Diagnosis and Treatment: Refusal of Diagnosis and TreatmentArthur R. Derse
- 5 On the Edge of Death—To Intervene or Not: Advance DirectivesAlexander Zoretich and Arvind Venkat
- 6 Who Decides?: Surrogate Decision-MakingKenneth V. Iserson
- 7 Saving Grandpa?: Futile CareAhmed Shaikh and Jeremy R. Simon
- 8 Failed Suicide Attempt in the Terminally Ill: Physician-Assisted SuicideKenneth V. Iserson and Eileen F. Baker
- 9 Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound/Self-Reported No Code Status: The Doctor’s Dilemma: Suicidal PatientsRaquel M. Schears and Markayle R. Schears
- 10 Hide and Seek: Mandatory ReportingPurva Grover
- 11 The Drunken Drug Lord: Law Enforcement in the Emergency DepartmentJeremy R. Simon
- 12 No Country for Sick Men: Undocumented PersonsDiane L. Gorgas and Simiao Li-Sauerwine
- 13 The Reluctant Consultant: Refusal of Care (by Providers Toward Patients)Sara R. Zaidi and Jeremy R. Simon
- 14 Managing Bias and Belligerence: The Racist or Belligerent Patient (Cultural Conflict)Shannon Markus and Carmen Wolfe
- 15 Very Important Patients: Interpersonal and Institutional ConflictKelsey Nestor and Carmen Wolfe
- 16 Frequent Flyer: Stewardship of Health Care ResourcesCatherine A. Marco
- 17 “12/10” Abdominal Pain: Drug-Seeking BehaviorChadd K. Kraus
- 18 Fear and Loathing in the ED: When Staff Are Afraid to Provide Compassionate Care: Intoxication and Substance AbuseThomas E. Robey and Jay M. Brenner
- 19 Everyday J.: Emergency Department “Superusers”Chadd K. Kraus
- 20 “I Want a Baby, But Not With Him”: Emergency ContraceptionSimiao Li-Sauerwine and Diane L. Gorgas
- 21 Risky Behavior: Postexposure Prophylaxis Against HIV InfectionCatherine A. Marco
- 22 Little Secrets, Big Lies: Minors: Special CircumstancesSimiao Li-Sauerwine and Diane L. Gorgas
- 23 Like, Comment, Post . . . Lawsuit?!: Social Media, Electronic Communications, and RecordingJillian L. McGrath and Lydia M. Sahlani
- 24 An Industrial Accident: Public Health Emergencies and the Emergency Physician: Ethical ConsiderationsChadd K. Kraus
- 25 Doctors Police Your Own Expert Witness TestimonyRobert C. Solomon
