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High Risk Acute Care

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Abstract

In the 1990s emergency physicians have come under increasing scrutiny in the performance of their profession. This problem is ongoing in the United States and may soon be the subject of intense government scrutiny, monitoring and regulation. In the past decade jury awards for malpractice suits have continued to increase, with seemingly no ceiling in sight.

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    Lawrence Proano M.D. (Associate Professor)

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  1. Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

    John D. Cahill

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Proano, L. (2003). High Risk Acute Care. In: Cahill, J.D. (eds) Updates in Emergency Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0155-8_12

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