Discretion and Liability

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MiaBlakley

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I have a medicolegal question. How much discretion does an ER doctor have in discharging a patient? For example if a radiologist strongly recommends an MRI (because a CT scan shows symptoms of Cauda Equina Syndrome) and the ER doctor does not order the MRI, but instead discharges the patient...does the ER doc have the discretion to do that?
 
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