title: Intoxicated airline pilots: a case-based ethics model.
abstract: The ethical dilemma of managing two intoxicated airline pilots who insist on flying a commercial plane after leaving the emergency department is presented. The case explores the issues surrounding duty to warn, decision-making capacity, breaching confidentiality, and the requirements of law. A useful ethical decision-making model is reviewed to address the responsibility of the emergency physician to intervene and the options available.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health Sciences University Center for Ethics in Health Care, Portland 97201, USA.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001359:Aviation; D003219:Confidentiality; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans