Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 690-692 , May 2007

Evidence, Values, Communication: Essential Ingredients of Shared Emergency Medicine Decisionmaking

  • Peter C. Wyer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Peter C. Wyer, MD, 446 Pelhamdale Avenue, Pelham, NY, 10803
    • ,
  • Michael D. Brown, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Emergency Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI
    • ,
  • David H. Newman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital System, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Capital Health Authority, Department of Public Health Services, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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 Supervising editor: Michael L. Callaham, 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(07)00205-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.02.006

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 690-692 , May 2007

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