Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2013
Caught in the middle: tensions around the emergency department care of people with advanced cancer.
People with advanced cancer frequently present to hospital EDs. International studies report conflicting attitudes towards providing such care and difficulties with communication. The experience of Australian clinicians, however, is not described. ⋯ Despite limitations in the ED environment and resources, clinicians in oncology, PC and emergency medicine support the important role the ED plays in providing the necessary access and expertise for people with advanced cancer.
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2013
Blind prescribing: a study of junior doctors' prescribing preparedness in an Australian emergency department.
The present study examined junior residents' and registrars' preparedness to prescribe in an Australian ED. It measured the medication knowledge of participants and identified antecedent factors relevant to prescribing practice. ⋯ The majority of participants in the study had inadequate knowledge on medications they had most recently prescribed and medications most commonly prescribed in the ED. Junior doctors' perceptions of their medication knowledge were inflated in relation to their actual knowledge.