Do Suicide Attempters Have a Right Not to Be Stabilized in an Emergency?

The standard of care in the United States favors stabilizing any adult who arrives in an emergency department after a failed suicide attempt, even if he appears decisionally capacitated and refuses life-sustaining treatment. I challenge this ubiquitous practice. Emergency clinicians generally have a...

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Main Author: Struc, Aleksy Tarasenko (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley 2024
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2024, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 22-33
Further subjects:B involuntary hospitalization
B forced treatment
B emergency medicine
B respect for autonomy
B suicide intervention
B clinical ethics
B bodily integrity
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