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Article: Emergency physicians operate on the precipice of U.S. health care.
- Article from:
- The BBI Newsletter
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
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SAN DIEGO, California - Emergency physicians are on the front line of America's health care system, treating the most acute patients and making split-second, life-and-death decisions every day. They often are the first to see the results of society's ills - violence, drug abuse, sexual abuse, elderly abandonment. More than 3,400 physicians who specialize in emergency medicine gathered here in mid-October to learn new techniques and discuss their concerns during the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
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