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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Veröffentlicht in:	The Hastings Center report 2024-03, Vol.54 (2), p.22-33
1. Verfasser:	Struc, Aleksy Tarasenko
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	bodily integrity clinical ethics Emergency medical care emergency medicine forced treatment Hospitalization Intervention involuntary hospitalization Medical ethics respect for autonomy suicide intervention Suicides & suicide attempts
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