[Emergency medicine and vulnerable populations].
In emergency medicine, assessing a situation of precarity is sometimes extremely complex. Home visits often provide useful information which can lead to the putting in place of a system of support. Medical marginalisation results from a combination of multiple difficulties, notably financial. This article is the testimony of a doctor working in a structure providing emergency medical care in the home.
SOS-Médecins, Grenoble, France. andre-michel.guillemaud@wanadoo.fr
André-Michel
AM
Guillemaud
D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010819:Physician's Role; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D035862:Vulnerable Populations