5. You are working in the emergency department of a metropolitanhospital. An ambulance arrives with an elderly homeless man whoappears to have fallen and suffered a severe scalp laceration and apossible concussion. The patient is losing blood. The department’sphysician remarks that the hospital has already fulfilled its quotaof unreimbursed care for this month and instructs the paramedics totake the patient to a different hospital. You believe the emergencydepartment has room to care for this patient. Explain how would youapply the steps to resolving this ethical dilemma.
