Walk the line: An ethical framework for interactions with law enforcement in trauma care environments

Collaborators, Affiliations

AAST Injury Prevention Committee:
Deborah Kuhls, Arielle Thomas, D'Andrea Joseph, Stephanie Bonne, Sharven Taghavi, Dennis Kim, Linda Dultz, Christine Castater, Jeffry Nahmias, Kristen Carter, Michel Aboutanos, Kazuhide Matsushima, Sigrid Buruss, Peter Fischer, Parker Hu, Andrew Tang, Barbara Gaines

¹ From the Department of Surgery (L.C.T.), Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery (E.J.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (T.N.), Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Trauma and Burn Surgery (A.J.D.), Cook County Health, Chicago Illinois; Department of Medicine (K.J.N.), Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery (E.C.H.), MedStar Health, Columbia, Maryland; Legal Aid Society of District of Columbia (M.S.) Washington, DC; and Ventura County Medical Center (T.D.), Ventura, California.

Leah C Tatebe et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Feb 1;94(2):e20-e22.

doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003810. Epub 2022 Oct 18.

AAST Injury Prevention Committee:
Deborah Kuhls, Arielle Thomas, D'Andrea Joseph, Stephanie Bonne, Sharven Taghavi, Dennis Kim, Linda Dultz, Christine Castater, Jeffry Nahmias, Kristen Carter, Michel Aboutanos, Kazuhide Matsushima, Sigrid Buruss, Peter Fischer, Parker Hu, Andrew Tang, Barbara Gaines

¹ From the Department of Surgery (L.C.T.), Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery (E.J.K.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (T.N.), Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Trauma and Burn Surgery (A.J.D.), Cook County Health, Chicago Illinois; Department of Medicine (K.J.N.), Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Surgery (E.C.H.), MedStar Health, Columbia, Maryland; Legal Aid Society of District of Columbia (M.S.) Washington, DC; and Ventura County Medical Center (T.D.), Ventura, California.

No abstract available

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