Learning to switch gears — Steering palliative care into emergency medicine

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dc.contributor.authorBhat, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorRamaswami, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorAggarwal, Pen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T06:41:23Z
dc.date.available2023-08-09T06:41:23Z
dc.date.issued2023-09
dc.description.abstractEmergency care is largely seen as synonymous with resuscitation and saving lives. In most of the developing world where Emergency Medicine (EM) is still evolving, the concept of EM palliative care is alien. Provision of palliative care in such settings poses its own challenges in terms of knowledge gaps, socio-cultural barriers, dismal doctor-to-patient ratio with limited time for communication with patients, and lack of established pathways to provide EM palliative care. Integrating the concept of palliative medicine is crucial for expanding the dimension of holistic, value-based, quality emergency care. However, glitches in decision-making processes, especially in high patient volume settings, may lead to inequalities in care provision, based on socio-financial disparities of patients or premature termination of challenging resuscitations. Pertinent, robust, validated screening tools and guides may assist physicians in tackling this ethical dilemma.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar New Delhi, 110 029; Department of Emergency Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, INDIAen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar New Delhi, 110 029 INDIAen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar New Delhi, 110 029 INDIA.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBhat R, Ramaswami A, Aggarwal P. Learning to switch gears — Steering palliative care into emergency medicine. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. 2023 Sep; 8(3): 220-223en_US
dc.identifier.issn0975-5691
dc.identifier.issn0974-8466
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/222713
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherFORUM FOR MEDICAL ETHICS SOCIETYen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume8en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2023.007en_US
dc.subjectemergency medicineen_US
dc.subjectpalliative careen_US
dc.titleLearning to switch gears — Steering palliative care into emergency medicineen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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