Commemoration of the Alexandria Plan at 50 Years
Many of the problems currently facing the U.S. health care system are similar to what emergency medicine…
Practice Trends
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Strong Shoulders, Deep Weeds
I read with interest the article in the August issue of ACEP News about the 50th anniversary... -
Commemoration of the Alexandria Plan at 50 Years
Many of the problems currently facing the U.S. health care system are similar to what emergency medicine... -
Emergency Medicine’s Role in End-of-Life Care
A 47-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer who is being followed by home hospice is brought to...
Emergency Medicine’s Role in End-of-Life Care
A 47-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer who is being followed by home hospice is brought to…
Camouflaging Informed Consent
In 1972, Canterbury v. Spence changed American health law, and with it, the patient-physician relationship. Some ethicists…
Look, Thurston…
The eggheads in Washington sit on the beach reading cheap novels while we swim with the sharks….
Proposed Measures on CT Scans Cause Concern
The American College of Emergency Physicians has raised red flags over proposed measures aimed at CT scan…
Emergency Physicians’ Role in Health Care Stewardship
It is 3 a.m. on a Saturday morning when a 20-year-old man presents to the emergency department…
Choice Between Hospital and Home
Although Dr. Bruce Leff [Hospital Care in the Home on the Horizon, ACEP News, March 2011] and…
Making the Case for Palliative Care in the ED
Emergency physicians often feel obligated to order tests and do procedures they don’t believe will help the…
ACEP Fighting for Medical Liability Reform
As the regulatory process to implement the 2010 health care reform law continues at its laborious pace,…
Strong Shoulders, Deep Weeds
I read with interest the article in the August issue of ACEP News about the 50th anniversary…