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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2024
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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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