New Emergency Medicine Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at University of Toledo (Law Enforcement and Emergency Medicine: An…

New Emergency Medicine Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at University of Toledo (Law Enforcement and Emergency Medicine: An Ethical Analysis)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Investigators discuss new findings in Emergency Medicine. According to news reporting from Toledo, Ohio, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Emergency physicians frequently interact with law enforcement officers and patients in their custody. As always, the emergency physician's primary professional responsibility is to promote patient welfare, and his or her first duty is to the patient."

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Toledo, "Emergency physicians should treat criminals, suspects, and prisoners with the same respect and attention they afford other patients while ensuring the safety of staff, visitors, and other patients. Respect for patient privacy and protection of confidentiality are of paramount importance to the patient-physician relationship. Simultaneously, emergency physicians should attempt to accommodate law enforcement personnel in a professional manner, enlisting their aid when necessary. Often this relates to the emergency physician's socially imposed duties, governed by state laws, to report infectious diseases, suspicion of abuse or neglect, and threats of harm."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "It is the emergency physician's duty to maintain patient confidentiality while complying with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulations and state law."

For more information on this research see: Law Enforcement and Emergency Medicine: An Ethical Analysis. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2016;68(5):599-607. Annals of Emergency Medicine can be contacted at: Mosby-Elsevier, 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Annals of Emergency Medicine - www.journals.elsevier.com/annals-of-emergency-medicine/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting E.F. Baker, University of Toledo, Dept. of Emergency Med, Coll Med & Life Sci, Toledo, OH 43606, United States. Additional authors for this research include J.C. Moskop, J.M. Geiderman, K.V. Iserson, C.A. Marco and A.R. Derse (see also Emergency Medicine).

Keywords for this news article include: Toledo, Ohio, United States, North and Central America, Emergency Medicine, Legal Issues, University of Toledo.

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