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Emergency Care and The Law
In the past few decades, the use of emergency rooms in general hospitals by the public has increased dramatically. This increase shows no sign of abating at the present tme.Many legal questions confront those health care professionals, nurses, doctors, and hospital administrators, whose practices involve them in providing emergency health care. The nature of emergency care seldom allows for lengthly deliberation in making treatment decisions. A good number of these decisions have legal ramifications.rnThis book is written primarily as an aid to health care professionals and students who practice in emergency health care settings. It is designed to explain legal principles and their application to the provision oe emergency health care. Specific issues of concern inthe delivery of emergency health care are highlighted, and case illustrations demonstrate how the courts look at facts to reach decisions. By being informed of how the law interfaces with emergency health care, involved practitioners may not only prevent problems of liability, but allow themselves to concentrate on doing what they do best, providing good health care on an acute basis.rnThis book can be used as a general legal guide to emergency health care. It should not be used carelessly for specific answers to specific situations. Local counsel should always be consulted for advice about a particular set of fact.
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