Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
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Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen. · Apr 2015
Out-of-hours doctors' decisions on call-outs in emergency situations.
Several earlier studies have shown that doctors in local out-of-hours emergency primary health care participate in call-outs to varying degrees. It is the out-of-hours doctor who decides whether to respond with a call-out. We wished to study the assessments that form the basis of this decision. ⋯ In the incidents studied, the decision on whether or not to respond with a call-out was based on a balanced consideration of the patient's needs and what was practically possible for the doctor. The out-of-hours doctors experienced a need for medical expertise in many emergency medical situations.