Emergency physicians diagnose and manage all types of health emergencies. But specialty emergency departments (EDs) that focus on narrower groups of patients with specific emergencies—oncologic, geriatric, orthopedic, and other more select populations—are becoming more common. Will the increased development of specialized emergency care sites move emergency medicine away from its generalist roots?
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Monique Brouillette (2024) studied this question.
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