Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 477-479 , April 2009

Forcing Functions: The Need for Restraint

  • Ann M. Bisantz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
    • ,
  • Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, and the Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS, 655 West 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209; 904-244-4405, fax 904-244-4508

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 Supervising editor: Michael L. Callaham, MD

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online August 22, 2008.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(08)01507-2

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.07.019

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 477-479 , April 2009

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