Scenario 1
Impacts of EMTALA to Patients Seeking Emergency Treatment for other Reasons Other than Emergency Healthcare reforms continue to bring to the fore several significant ethical issues. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act enacted in 1986 has fueled ethical discussions over numerous controversial topics (Moffat, 2016). The law aims at ensuring that patients receive medical attention during emergencies despite their insurance status or their ability to cater for the medical services. EMTALA outlines instances where a patient can be transferred to another hospital or when he or she can be refused treatment. Although the law was enacted to ...
