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A Novel Approach for the Administration of Medications and Fluids in Emergency Scenarios and Settings

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Virtue in emergency medicine.

Gregory Luke Larkin¹, Kenneth Iserson, Zach Kassutto

¹Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Ethics Committee, Lansing, MI, USA. gluke.larkin@yale.edu

Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

|December 17, 2008

Summary

Emergency physicians (EPs) can uphold medical integrity by adopting a virtue-based ethic. This approach emphasizes patient humanity and professional standards, offering 10 core virtues for EPs to strive towards.

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Area of Science:

Medical Ethics
Emergency Medicine
Professionalism

Background:

The integrity of the medical profession faces challenges.
Emergency physicians (EPs) are uniquely positioned to reaffirm professional commitment.
A virtue-based ethic offers an alternative to strict legalistic rule-following.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a virtue-based ethical framework for emergency physicians.
To identify and describe core virtues essential for modern emergency medicine practice.
To reaffirm the commitment of EPs to patients and the profession.

Main Methods:

Review of historical and modern ethical concepts in medicine.
Identification of 10 core virtues relevant to emergency physicians.
Discussion of how these virtues uphold professional standards and patient trust.

Main Results:

Ten core virtues for EPs were identified: prudence, courage, temperance, justice, unconditional positive regard, charity, compassion, trustworthiness, vigilance, and agility.
These virtues transcend legalistic approaches, focusing on patient humanity and professional ideals.
The adoption of these virtues can enhance the honor, trust, and integrity of the emergency medicine specialty.

Conclusions:

A virtue-based ethic provides a robust framework for emergency physicians.
Embracing these 10 virtues can strengthen the physician-patient relationship and professional integrity.
This ethical approach is crucial for maintaining public trust in emergency medicine.