title: Emergency patients: who has the ultimate duty to provide care?
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hupp
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017664:Uncompensated Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States