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Physicians are in an enormous responsibility and they do not always make decisions or transmit them to patients and their relatives which they would like to hear. And that can—quite not seldom—lead to situations which can become life-threatening for the physicians as well.
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Wenzel, V. (2023). Dangerous EMS Scene Call. In: Wenzel, V. (eds) Case Studies in Emergency Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67249-5_42
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