Articles Tagged With: consult
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Even the Best Ethics Consults Can Result in Dissatisfaction
It may boil down to disagreements among patients, families, and caregivers about what is best.
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Number of Ethics Consults Could Be Tip of Iceberg; Many Concerns Go Unvoiced
In one review, researchers found only five ethics consults were documented during a three-month period. Yet, 63 staff members reported having an ethical concern during that same period. Notably, most of these issues involved moral distress in some way.
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Consults, Studies Recommended By Others Carry Med/Mal Implications for EPs
Somewhere in the ED chart, somebody recommends involvement of a particular specialist, or that a specific study should be conducted. When this kind of recommendation is documented but never acted on, it can mean legal trouble for the EP.