Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: The American Medical Association (AMA) Code of Medical Ethics opinions underscore a physician’s responsibility to act in an emergency when patients cannot give informed consent and a surrogate or advance directive is unavailable. The duty to provide urgent care extends even to patients with whom the physician has a familial
Source: The AMA Journal of Ethic
Author: Danielle Hahn Chaet
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2801035299