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Emergency Medicine

Jul 11, 2008

ER patients often confused about their diagnosis and home care

VISITS TO an emergency room are confusing and nerve-racking events that one emergency room doctor describes as "usually the worst day of a person's life." That makes for a poor setting for good communication.

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