When the organically impaired patient refuses an indicated treatment or admission, the physician may be subject to legal liability regardless of the action taken. He may be held responsible for a negligent discharge, yet be accountable for charges of battery and false imprisonment should he treat ag
P-82 Stroke management in the emergency department
โ Scribed by G Re; G Azzimondi; N Binetti; C Lanzarini; D Rizzoli; S Romiti
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 125 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-9572
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