Intoxicated, Homeless, And In Need Of A Place To Land.
A patient with alcoholism cycles in and out of the emergency department as his providers grapple with an outdated system of care.
Otis Warren (owarren@Lifespan.org) is an attending physician at University Emergency Medicine Foundation and an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, both in Providence, Rhode Island. The patient was not identified by name to protect his identity.
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D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012237:Rhode Island; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*
Access To Care; Determinants Of Health; Ethical Issues; Mental Health/Substance Abuse