Law Enforcement in the Emergency Department

JAMA Surg. 2022 Sep 1;157(9):852-854. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.2595.

¹ Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Surgical Intensive Care Unit, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
³ Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York.
⁴ Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia.
⁵ Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia.
⁶ Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Abstract

This qualitative study examines the social interactions of patients and clinicians with law enforcement officers in the clinical care environment.