Author/Editor		Ulčar, Irma; Muster, Ilgo
Title		Problematika v urgentni ambulanti pri bolnikih s kroničnimi boleznimi in socialnimi stiskami
Translated title		Management of patients with chronic disease and social problems in emergency department
Type		članek
Source		In: Bručan A, Gričar M, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja 5. Zbornik 6. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 1999 jun 16-19; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino,
Publication year		1999
Volume		str. 505-08
Language		slo
Abstract		Workers in the Emergency Service frequently have to deal with patients who do not need any further medical care and are to be discharged, but have nowhere to go as they are homeless or live alone and are unable to fend for themselves. The duty of the Emergency Care Unit is, obviously, limited to those cases who need urgent medical attention; besides, the Unit has no beds to keep patients for any longer period. It would be desirable that the Emergency medical service had better contacts with social service, nurses visiting patients at home, centres for the homeless, the Red Cross, Caritas, as well as other humanitarian organisations which would make possible to solve the problems of such patients.
Descriptors		EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL HOMELESS PERSONS MIDDLE AGE RED CROSS SOCIAL WORK