Physicians are used to seeing billboards and daytime television advertisements for plaintiff’s attorney firms. Our reactions to…
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Patients who have been discharged from the emergency department and rapidly return for another complaint present a…
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“I was going through the depositions and really stressing myself out. Not eating. Not sleeping. And I…
Patients presenting to the emergency department with multiple vague and nonspecific symptoms pose a particular diagnostic challenge….
“They showed up at my door to serve me. … I was in my pajamas.” “I was…
When I was first named in a medical malpractice lawsuit, I was working solo nights in a…
There is no EMTALA issue in emergency medicine more difficult, more confusing, or more risk-prone than managing…
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general has announced that they are jointly investigating the marketing and…