Annals of emergency medicine
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Emergency medicine is in its infancy in Israel but is developing rapidly. Medical and government authorities such as the Israeli Medical Association and the Israeli Ministry of Health have already recognized the need for this field in Israel, although it remains for emergency medicine to be recognized as an independent medical specialty. Those involved in the intense process of obtaining formal recognition believe this will occur in the next year.
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To determine the need and desire for selected preventive care measures in an adult emergency department population, comparing patients with and without primary physicians. ⋯ In a selected ED population, there was both need and desire for preventive health care measures to be initiated or provided as part of ED care, especially among patients who did not have primary physicians.