Palliative Care in the Emergency Department: An Emerging Role
Why we need better advance care planning and coordination of care for emergency department patients with chronic or serious disease, and how we can get there.
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Palliative Care in the Emergency Department: An Emerging Role
Why we need better advance care planning and coordination of care for emergency department patients with chronic or serious disease, and how we can get there. -
Billing, Coding Tips for In-House Emergency Consultations
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar... -
Not Your Sweetheart
He really ticked me off when he called me sweetheart. He wasn’t an old boyfriend, and I...
Billing, Coding Tips for In-House Emergency Consultations
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar…
Not Your Sweetheart
He really ticked me off when he called me sweetheart. He wasn’t an old boyfriend, and I…
‘Let’s Talk’: Approaches to Refusal of Care in the ED
Physicians have ethical obligations to help patients and to respect their autonomy. Usually, these obligations are consistent…
Your ‘Dear Consultant’ Column
As a medical student sitting in an enormous lecture hall with 100 of my closest friends at…
Luke, I Am Your Father
I am probably the least likely person to have sleep apnea, but I do. Weight is not…
The Cyanotic Neonate
Neonatal cyanosis may be a signal of serious underlying pathology, and these patients require prompt and comprehensive…
Camouflaging Informed Consent
In 1972, Canterbury v. Spence changed American health law, and with it, the patient-physician relationship. Some ethicists…
Emergency Physicians’ Role in Health Care Stewardship
It is 3 a.m. on a Saturday morning when a 20-year-old man presents to the emergency department…
The cherries jubilee flame goes out
My wife had been the maid of honor at her college friend’s wedding. The friend, from a…