Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 282-287 , March 2007

Triage in Medicine, Part II: Underlying Values and Principles

Presented at the Second Congress of Emergency Medicine, May 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  • John C. Moskop, PhD
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  • Kenneth V. Iserson, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Kenneth V. Iserson, MD, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Avenue, POB 245057, Tucson, AZ 85724; 520-626-2398, fax 520-529-6459

Received 5 April 2006 ,Accepted 10 April 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Robert K. Knopp, MD

 Funding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)01019-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.07.012

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 282-287 , March 2007