Political issues in emergency medicine: The United States

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Hoekstra, James ^a   McNamara, Robert ^b   Schafermeyer, Robert W ^c   Hamilton, Glenn C ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; EMTALA; Political; United States

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MALPRACTICE; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142512450     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2004.00600.x     Document Type: Review

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