title: The art of dealing with consultants.
abstract: This article presents guidelines for interactions with consultant physicians by emergency physicians. The political aspects of dealing with consultant physicians often are not stressed in emergency medicine training programs and little has been written in the emergency medicine literature on this topic. Practicing maintenance of good relations with consultant physicians can make work in the emergency department more enjoyable for all concerned, and probably contributes to better overall patient care.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, University Hospital, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Holliman
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010820:Physicians; D012017:Referral and Consultation