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The United States Congress passed Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) in 1985. By doing so, it defined for the first time a standard of medical care and legislated how hospitals and physicians were required to practice medicine. With the passage of EMTALA, Congress effectively defined hospital emergency departments as a community resource and essentially created a federal right to emergency care [1].

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  1. Emergency Medical Services, Texas Medical Center, Memorial Herman Hospital, University of Texas Medical School, 6411 Fannin, Suite H175.1, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    James J. McCarthy M.D. (Medical Director)

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  1. Science Center, Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Health, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 4.292, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

    Laura J. Moore

  2. The Methodist Hospital, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, 6550 Fannin St, SM 1661A, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA

    Krista L. Turner

  3. School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, New York University, 550 First Avenue, New Bellevue 15 East 9, New York, 10016, New York, USA

    S. Rob Todd

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McCarthy, J.J. (2013). EMTALA Review. In: Moore, L., Turner, K., Todd, S. (eds) Common Problems in Acute Care Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6123-4_42

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