Outcome of patients who refused out-of-hospital medical assistance

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-26

  Burstein, Jonathan L ^a   Henry, Mark C ^a   Alicandro, Jeanne ^a   Gentile, David ^b   Thode Jr , Henry C ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Patient Care Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; follow up; liability; medical control; patient transport; refusal of transport

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030047691     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(96)90007-8     Document Type: Article

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