What you need to know when called upon to be a Good Samaritan

Family Practice Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Dachs, Robert J ^a,b   Elias, Jay M ^c  

^a St Clare's and Ellis Hospitals ^*  (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Ratcliffe Burke Harten and Elias   (United States)

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ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47749092065     PISSN: 10695648     EISSN: 15311929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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