Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3237406 | Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America | 2007 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Although substantial dollar amounts are not involved, wound-care litigation constitutes a significant number of lawsuits to emergency medicine physicians, resulting in an increased drain on the physician's time and exposing the physician to all the psychosocial effects involved in the medicolegal process. The procedures outlined in this article-paying attention to wound-care principles, involving patients in the medical decision-making process, and ensuring appropriate medical follow-up-can, it is hoped, reduce the incidence of medical claims.
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Authors
James A. MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Gregory P. MD, JD,