Emergency physicians' fear of malpractice in evaluating patients with possible acute cardiac ischemia.

Author Department

Medicine

Document Type

Article, Peer-reviewed

Publication Date

12-1-2005

Abstract

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We evaluate the association between emergency physicians' fear of malpractice and the triage and evaluation patterns of patients with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome. METHODS: We surveyed 33 emergency physicians of 2 univer

Publication ISSN

0027-9684

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