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 \n○ A.Duty to treat all patients entering a clinical setting regardless of behavior  \n○ B.Duty to treat all patients when the patient-physician relationship has been established○ C.Duty to treatall patients with potentially life-threatening symptoms○ D.No duty to treat if another provider is readily available to see the patientO E.No duty to treat when the patient's offensive or racist behavior violates hospital policy  \nSubmit  \n只  \nThe physician's duty to treat comprises ethical and legal components.Physicians are ethically obligated to place patients'interests above theirown and care for patients with potentially life-threatening conditions.In the emergency department setting,the legal duty to treat is furtherspecified by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA).The emergency medicine provider(eg,physicians)must:  \n·Provide a screening examination  \n·Appropriately treat and stabilize the patient  \n·Transfer the patient (with limited exceptions)only after the patient is stabilized  \nThis patient comes to the emergency department with an acute,serious condition (eg,gunshot wound).His use of racially charged languagepresents a difficult situation to the physician and supporting staff and likely violates hospital policies.However,considering his medicalemergency,withholding treatment from this patient would be unethical and considered abandonment(a form of medical malpractice).Therefore,the physician is legally and ethically obligated to treat this patient (Choice E).  \nIn some situations,disruptive behaviors may threaten the immediate safety of the physician and staff.Safety in the emergency departmentrequires the presence of adequate security personnel and protocols for managing agitated patients to ensure adequate protections for staff andother patients.  \n(Choices A and B)In nonemergency clinical settings,physicians may in some circumstances ethically and legally refuse to treat patients withoutlife-threatening conditions when doing so conflicts with personal beliefs(eg,performing abortion).In an outpatient setting,the physician mayterminate a patient-physician relationship if adequate notice has been provided and the patient is given a reasonable opportunity to find anotherphysician.Neither condition applies to this patient's situation.  \n(Choice D)Although transferring the care of a stable patient to another emergency medicine provider(eg,due to disruptive behavior)issometimes considered,physicians have an ethical duty to put aside personal views or responses to disruptive behavior and treat patients with life-threatening conditions without delay.  \n# Educational objective:\n\nPhysicians have an ethical and legal duty to treat patients with life-threatening conditions,regardless of the patients'behavior.The EmergencyMedical Treatment and Active Labor Act requires providers (eg,physicians)to appropriately screen,treat,and stabilize patients arriving to theemergency department.  \n# References\n\n卡  \nExit Mode  \nNext  \nNotes  \nPrevious  \nTutorial  \nLab Values  \nCalculator  \nReverse Color  \nA 38-year-old woman comes to the office for a routine health maintenance evaluation.She moved to the area a month ago with her 8-year-oldson for work.The patient states,\"I feel okay overall,but I know I've gained weight.I used to live right next door to a grocery store,but now ittakes 45 minutes by bus just t","cbCaiknNGufLZbjb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiknNGufLZbjb","pdf",45292290,154,"English","# Ethical duty to treat in emergency settings\n## EMTALA screening, treatment, and stabilization\n# Preventive counseling and social determinants of health\n## Food deserts and access to healthy foods","[{\"question\":\"What ethical and legal duty does a physician have in an emergency department?\",\"answer\":\"Physicians must place the patient’s interests above their own and treat patients with potentially life-threatening conditions. EMTALA further requires appropriate screening, treatment, and stabilization for patients arriving to the emergency department.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document address a patient’s offensive or racist behavior during an emergency?\",\"answer\":\"Disruptive language may violate hospital policies and creates a difficult situation, but withholding treatment in a medical emergency is unethical. The document states that not treating would be considered abandonment (a form of medical malpractice).\"},{\"question\":\"In the routine health maintenance visit, how should the physician respond to concerns about unhealthy eating?\",\"answer\":\"The document emphasizes that social determinants like access to affordable fresh food (food deserts) affect diet. It supports counseling that explores available local resources so the patient can make healthier choices for the family.\"}]","block 21 | PDF",1791593195,388]