Economic and Legal Considerations in Emergency Care
- 7 February 1985
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 312 (6) , 374-375
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198502073120612
Abstract
The Arizona Supreme Court recently reviewed a case in order to clarify the law regarding the obligations of physicians and hospitals in rendering emergency care to indigent patients. The opinion could have far-reaching implications, not only for clinical obligations to patients but also for the importance of economic factors in emergency care medicine.In Thompson v. Sun City Community Hospital,1 a minor, age 13, was injured in an accident (not otherwise described) and was rushed by ambulance to a nearby private hospital. The patient suffered, among other injuries, a full or partial transection of the femoral artery high in the . . .Keywords
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