Jean Abbott, MD, MH

Clinical Professor

Division of Emergency Medicine

Faculty, Center for Bioethics and Humanities

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Education/Training:


    * Bryn Mawr College; BA; 1969; Political Science

    * University of Pennsylvania; MD; 1973; Medicine

    * San Joaquin General Hospital, Stockton, CA; Internship; 1973-1974; Medicine



Research Interests and Areas of Expertise:


    * Pain management

    * End-of-Life and related ethics issues

    * Trauma in pregnancy

    * Emergency contraception

    * Induced abortion and other women's issues



Selected Publications:


Abbott JT.  Emergency Contraception: What do we owe our patients? Invited editorial to be published, Ann Emerg Med 2005, May?


Abbott JT, Stone S. End Of Life, Chapter in Rosen, et. al, eds, Emergency Medicine: Principles and Practices, 6th edition, St. Louis , Mosby, 2005.


Houry D, Abbott JT. Obstetric Complications. Chapter in Rosen, et. al, eds, Emergency Medicine: Principles and Practices, 6th edition, St. Louis , Mosby, 2005.


Nordenholz K, Abbott JT. 1st trimester OB , chapter in Cosby K and Kendall J, eds, Practical Guide to Emergency Ultrasound, submitted Sept 2004; to be published 2005.


Metz T, Abbott JT. “Airbags in Pregnancy: How safe?” submitted for publication, Nov 2004..


Schmidt TA, Abbott, JT, et al. (SAEM Ethics Committee). Confronting the Ethical Challenges to Informed Consent in Emergency Medicine Research. Acad Emerg Med. 2004 Oct;11(10):1082-9.


Schmidt TA, Abbott JT, et al. (SAEM Ethics Committee). SAEM Position Paper on Procedures on the Newly Dead. Academic Emerg Med 2004; 11: 962-6.


Houry D, Feldhaus K, Abbott J, Lowenstein SL, et al. Positive domestic violence screens predicts future Violence.  J Interpersonal Violence, July 2004.


Abbott JT,  Feldhaus K, Houry D, et al. Emergency Contraception: What do our patients know? Ann Emerg Med, March 2004.


Quest T, Abbott JT. Palliative Care and the Emergency Physician: Finding our Way. July/August, 2003 SAEM Newsletter.


Houry D, Abbott JT.  Emergency Management of the Obstetric Patient, in Burrow GN, Ferris TF, eds. Medical Complications During Pregnancy, submitted for 6th edition in 2003.


Abbott JT. Ectopic Pregnancy. In Markovchick, ed., Emergency Medicine Secrets, 2nd edition, 1998.  3rd edition, 2002.


DeWitt C, Abbott J. Interstitial Pregnancy: A potential for misdiagnosis of EP with ED ultrasound. Ann Emerg Med 2002 Jul;40(1):106-9.