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Patient Refusal of Care in the Out‐of‐hospital Setting
Author(s) -
Adams James,
Verdile Vince,
Arnold Robert,
JK R. Jack Ayres,
Kosowsky Joshua
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03325.x
Subject(s) - medicine , technician , medical emergency , vignette , emergency medical services , emergency medical care , emergency department , emergency physician , patient care , emergency medicine , nursing , social psychology , electrical engineering , psychology , engineering
A case vignette of out‐of‐hospital refusal of emergency care is reported with accompanying discussion. This case illustrates the challenges faced by out‐of‐hospital emergency care personnel in these scenarios and provides guidance to the emergency physician and emergency medical technician. Recommendations are provided for preparing the emergency medical services system to handle these cases.