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Ethical Issues in Interhospital Transfers of Emergency Department Patients

ACEP Now

Consequences of this are well documented and include delayed treatment, exposure to error, increased length of stay, and increased mortality. 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.

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

Sensible Medicine

Suzanna is not an academic, and so she did not seek ethics approval prior to conducting the survey. People conducting research outside of universities and hospitals are not required to obtain IRB approval. In the United States, approval is given by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). Thus, she did not seek approval from an IRB.

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