ACCESSIBILITY OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES HAS BEEN an issue of
increasing concern and was recently brought into public focus in Ontario by the tragic death …

The hospital emergency department has become a major component in our health care
delivery system. Over 70 million Americans visit hospital emergency departments …

Lack of a comprehensive health care system in the United States has resulted in a series of
legal cases that have expanded the common-law right to care in the hospital emergency …

Walker suggests that “[the courts] are willing to adjust the standard of care when personnel
or equipment are limited as a result of an actual scarcity of resources beyond the control of …

The refusal to treat those in need of emergency care remains a fact of life in this country.'The
following two reports are recent examples of a problem that will not go away: Terry Takewell …

" Cultures can be judged in many ways, but eventually every nation in every age must be
judged by this test: How did it treat people?"(C Everett Koop, Surgeon General) l The current …

This article examines the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) in a
public health emergency context. Congress enacted EMTALA in 1986 to prohibit the practice …

We commend Terp et al 1 for their investigation of the last 10 years of Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS) enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor …

In summary, the current US health care system is broken. It is a high-cost, mediocre system.
Access is a major problem. Pharmaceutical costs are out of control. Malpractice insurance …

T1 oday's hospital provides far more than beds and a nursing staff to assist the attending
physician. Certain medical specialties depend totally on the hospital for their livelihood, and …