Role and identity of ER doctors

The article describes the historical evolution of Accident & Emergency departments from 1960 to the present day before analysing the functions and objectives of Emergency Medicine within Italy’s National Health Service today. It continues with an examination of the figure of Emerge...

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Main Authors: Ubaldo Mengozzi, Ivo Casagranda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2005-10-01
Series:Emergency Care Journal
Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1360
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spelling doaj-96256e78b45c4571b6479fb41c1ff3992020-11-25T03:43:01ZengPAGEPress PublicationsEmergency Care Journal1826-98262005-10-01117910.4081/ecj.2005.1.7887Role and identity of ER doctorsUbaldo Mengozzi0Ivo Casagranda1Past president SIMEUDirettore DEA ASO Santi Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo, AlessandriaThe article describes the historical evolution of Accident & Emergency departments from 1960 to the present day before analysing the functions and objectives of Emergency Medicine within Italy’s National Health Service today. It continues with an examination of the figure of Emergency Doctors, their role and the quest for an identity that entails the acquisition of skills, institutional acknowledgment and the establishment of a School of Specialisation in Emergency Medicine.http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1360
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description The article describes the historical evolution of Accident & Emergency departments from 1960 to the present day before analysing the functions and objectives of Emergency Medicine within Italy’s National Health Service today. It continues with an examination of the figure of Emergency Doctors, their role and the quest for an identity that entails the acquisition of skills, institutional acknowledgment and the establishment of a School of Specialisation in Emergency Medicine.
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