Caring for the patient with mental retardation in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-76

  Grossman, Shamai A ^a   Richards, Christopher F ^a   Anglin, Deirdre ^b   Hutson, H Range ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; COMORBIDITY; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033846813     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(00)70106-5     Document Type: Article

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