TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Emergency care in rural settings: can doctors be ethical and survive?
JO  - Indian journal of medical ethics
A1  - Bawaskar, Himmatrao Saluba
A1  - Bawaskar, Pramodini Himmatrao
SP  - 329
EP  - 330
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
N2  - We describe below the pressures of running a small private hospital in an underserved rural area, while providing emergency healthcare for victims of poisonous stings, accidents, and other acute health conditions. Both ethics and law demand that payment is not asked for upfront in emergency cases. Yet patients and their families often fail to pay normal dues for months or even years. It is disturbing to encounter such behaviour even in villages; and doctors in small communities are easy prey. In these conditions can one be true to ethical principles and ensure one's own survival?<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0974-8466
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2018.038
ID  - ref1
ER  -