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Barriers to ethical decision-making for pre-hospital care professionals.

Mohammad TorabiFariba BorhaniAbbas AbbaszadehForoozan Atashzadeh-Shoorideh
Published in: Nursing ethics (2019)
Emergency Medical Service personnel make ethical decisions every day. It is important that prehospital personnel know how to manage those decisions properly so that clients' moral rights are respected. Hence, by identifying the dimensions and obstacles of ethical decision-making in Emergency Medical Service personnel, it is possible to enhance the moral judgment and ethical accountability of the personnel and develop the strategies necessary for ethical decision-making in them.
Keyphrases
  • decision making
  • emergency medical
  • healthcare
  • mental health
  • emergency department
  • palliative care
  • pain management
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • trauma patients