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This chapter reviews some general medical and legal principles, most of which are important regardless of medical specialty. They are particularly relevant to emergency physicians but are also important to physicians from other specialties who treat patients in the emergency department (ED). I then discuss some specific emergency medical conditions that often result in litigation. The topics presented are not meant to be an exhaustive list of potential liability problems, but rather a sample of some of the more common issues that confront physicians and their patients.
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- Emergency
- emergency medicine
- emergency department
- medical-legal
- risk management
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Bresler, M.J. (2005). Emergency Medicine. In: Anderson, R.E. (eds) Medical Malpractice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-845-8_9
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