Assessing psychiatric safety in suicidal emergency department patients

Autor:	Catherine A. Marco, Jay M. Brenner, Nicholas H. Kluesner, Daniel R. Martin, Raquel M. Schears
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Ethics Ethical issues Medical treatment business.industry Review Article Disposition Emergency department Social issues medicine.disease ED psychiatry Accountability Medicine Confidentiality Suicidal patients Medical emergency business suicide
Zdroj:	Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
ISSN:	2688-1152
Popis:	We provide a review of the assessment of suicidal emergency department patients and includes a legal and ethical perspective. Screening tools and psychiatric consultation are important adjuncts to the ED evaluation of potentially suicidal patients. Suicide risk should be assessed, and if positive, an appropriate and safe disposition should be arranged. The aim of this article is to review these assessment tools and consider ethical issues, such as patient autonomy, accountability of the emergency physician, and consultant to Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) as well as confidentiality, privacy, and social issues.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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