title: Should a Thoracic Surgeon Transfer a Complicated Case to a Competing Medical Center Against the Hospital's Order?
authors.affiliation: William Novick Global Cardiac Alliance, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fenton
authors.affiliation: MedStar Heart Institute/Cleveland Clinic, Heart and Vascular Institute, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Institute of Human Values in Health Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. Electronic address: sader@musc.edu.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sade
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000601:surgery; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000941:ethics*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000941:ethics*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000941:ethics*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures