Medical Assessment Units

John Brian Taylor is the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University, and the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.Michelle Rhodes is the editor of Medical Assessment Units: The Initial Mangement of Acute Medical Patients, published by Wiley.

• Introduction. 1. Service Organisation in Medical Assessment Units, Ian wood.2. Initial Assessment of The Acute Mental Patient, Michelle Davies, Judith morgan and Ian Wood.3. Vulnerable Groups, Linda Miller, Michael Ginns, Judy thorley and Elizabeth Whelan.4. Sudden Death, Sue Read and Jane Jervis.5. cardiac Arrest, Carole Donaldson, Ian Wood and Michelle Rhodes.6. Shock, Judith Morgan.7. Altered Consciousness, Brendan Davies, Michelle Davies. Lorraine Taylor and Ian Wood.8. Shortness of Breath, Susan Hope, Jacqueline Mitchell, michelle Rhodes, Helen Whitehouse and Ian Wood.9. Chest Pain, Michelle Rhodes.10. Abdominal Pain and Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Ruth Harris and Terry Wardle.11. Extremity Pain and Swelling, Ian Wood