TY - JOUR PY - 1975// TI - The (expletive deleted) shouter JO - Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians A1 - Johnson, Roger A1 - Trimble, Cleve SP - 333 EP - 335 VL - 4 IS - 4 N2 - The management of the verbally abusive and uncooperative emergency department patient is discussed. The authors recommend the use of basonable therapeutic restraint to allow examination and treatment. A signed form stating that the patient left the emergency department against medical advice does not protect the physician or hospital in a Malpractice suit. Four cases describing the handling of verbally abusive patients and the subsequent outcomes are reported.
LA - SN - 0361-1124 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0361-1124(75)80086-4 ID - ref1 ER -