Patient refusal of care in the out-of-hospital setting

James Adams; Vince Verdile; Robert Arnold; R. Jack Ayres; Joshua Kosowsky

doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03325.x

Patient refusal of care in the out-of-hospital setting

James Adams^*, Vince Verdile, Robert Arnold, R. Jack Ayres, Joshua Kosowsky

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Emergency Medicine

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Abstract

A case vignette of out-of-hospital refusal of emergency care is reported with accompanying discussion. This case illustrates the challenges faced by out-of-hospital emergency care personnel in these scenarios and provides guidance to the emergency physician and emergency medical technician. Recommendations are provided for preparing the emergency medical services system to handle these cases.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	948-951
Number of pages	4
Journal	Academic Emergency Medicine
Volume	3
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03325.x
State	Published - Oct 1996

Keywords

EMS
emergency medical services
ethics
out-of-hospital emergency care
refusal of care

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Emergency Medicine

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