Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 198-200, August 2005

Are We Putting the Cart Ahead of the Horse: Who Determines the Standard of Care for the Management of Patients in the Emergency Department?

  • Francis M. Fesmire, MD
  • ,
  • Andy Jagoda, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Andy Jagoda, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Emergency Department, 1 Gustave Levy Place, Box 1149, New York, NY 10029-6500; 212-241-2987, fax 212-426-1946

From the Heart Stroke Center, Erlanger Medical Center, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN (Fesmire), and the Emergency Department, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY (Jagoda)

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 Supervising editor: Michael L. Callaham, MDFunding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(05)00718-3

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.05.027

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 198-200, August 2005