A survey of emergency physicians regarding due process, financial pressures, and the ability to advocate for patients

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-116.e3

  McNamara, Robert M ^a   Beier, Kevin ^b   Blumstein, Howard ^c   Weiss, Larry D ^d   Wood, Joseph ^e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Middle Tennessee Medical Center   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Due process; Emergency medicine; Practice; Termination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRACT MANAGEMENT; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMPLOYER; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FINANCE; FINANCIAL PRESSURE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREAT; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COERCION; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMPLOYMENT; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84897357216     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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