title: Emergency consent: how would you act?
authors.affiliation: Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Cambridge, MA, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Sheehy
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008404:Massachusetts; D016743:Mental Competency; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*