Citation

Schmidt TA. Acad. Emerg. Med. 1994; 1(1): 55-59.

Affiliation

Oregon Health Sciences University Center for Ethics in Health Care, Portland 97201, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7621154

Abstract

The ethical dilemma of managing two intoxicated airline pilots who insist on flying a commercial plane after leaving the emergency department is presented. The case explores the issues surrounding duty to warn, decision-making capacity, breaching confidentiality, and the requirements of law. A useful ethical decision-making model is reviewed to address the responsibility of the emergency physician to intervene and the options available.

Language: en