Trauma care presumes informed consent for treatment, but resident supervision is required within a training structure of graduated responsibility.

Patients can refuse medical treatment, but physicians often question the patients' ability to make a responsible decision in a time of medical need.

Patients can refuse medical treatment, but physicians often question the patients' ability to make a responsible decision in a time of medical need.

Victims of sexual violence who are minors should not be forced to submit to a rape kit exam against their wishes since it might retraumatize the patient.

When a severely ill child comes into the emergency room, assent for emergency care is no more required than is parental permission. Conveying the needed care is the top priority.

Establishing criteria for compassion maximization would help us do better than harm minimization.

建立同情心最大化的標準將有助於我們做得比傷害最小化更好

Establecer criterios para maximizar la compasión nos ayudaría a lograr algo mejor que la minimización del daño.

Emergency medical consultations share with other emergencies the need for prompt action, potentially without information or tools ordinarily available.