Patients suffering from illness stemming from opioid misuse and addiction frequently refuse care. Providers who encounter these patients often find themselves caught between the need to respect patients’ autonomy, and the need to provide appropriate and potentially life-saving care. This project aims to characterize current provider understanding of the ethical issues involved in such clinical dilemmas and to provide ethical guidance on how to navigate them.
Our Grants
Revive, Refuse, Repeat: Informed Refusal and the Opioid Crisis
Kenneth D. Marshall, MD, MA
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Grant Type
Making a Difference
Grant Cycle
spring 2018
Duration
2 years
Amount
$109,703
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Joshua W. Joseph et al., How emergency physicians approach refusal of observation after naloxone resuscitation, The Journal of Emergency Medicine, Jan 2020.
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Kenneth D. Marshall, et al., Medications for addiction treatment initiated from the emergency department: Ethical considerations, American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Sept 2019.
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