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Ethical Issues in Interhospital Transfers of Emergency Department Patients

ACEP Now

1 Hospital boarding is the main driver of ED crowding, with patients nearly always awaiting transfer to inpatient beds and now more commonly, to other hospitals. 2 This article discusses the practical and ethical issues of interhospital transfer of these patients.

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Tips for Real-Time Information Sharing with Patients

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In turn, concerns have arisen regarding when information blocking is appropriate and what ethical issues emergency department (ED) physicians must consider prior to information blocking. Dr. Bissmeyer is a senior resident at Orange Park Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. ONS Health IT website. Accessed October 11, 2023.

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The Rapid Ideological Retraction of a Scientific Article on Rapid Onset-Gender Dysphoria

Sensible Medicine

Finally, I discuss the implications of these events for academic freedom, and specifically, the role of “ethical concerns” in suppressing publications with undesirable or inconvenient content. Suzanna is not an academic, and so she did not seek ethics approval prior to conducting the survey.

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