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Emergency Medicine

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Emergencies are by definition problems that require immediate action. The family physician should have a feeling for each emergency as an emergency. He should have some familiarity with the acute phase of the problem. The degree to which the individual physician treats the case alone or seeks consultation or referral will depend on his type of training, location, availability of consultants, time constraints, medicolegal responsibilities, and a host of other factors.

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  1. Laurence R. Plumb
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  2. Dennis C. Whitehead
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  1. Department of Family and Community Medicine Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, 300 South Hawthorne Road, 27103, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

    Robert B. Taylor M.D.

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Plumb, L.R., Whitehead, D.C. (1978). Emergency Medicine. In: Taylor, R.B. (eds) Family Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3999-2_52

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