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Progress Report: Emergency Medicine In Southern Israel, Paris B. Lovett

Paris B Lovett

To the Editor:—In the United States, debates about the ‘‘acceptance’’ of emergency medicine (EM) seem to belong to another era. Specialized care by emergency physicians (EPs) has become a widespread expectation held by patients and by medical providers. In other countries, however, EM has not reached the same stage of progress as a specialty. This is true even in countries where lifelong practitioners of EM have leading roles in research and public policy. The case of Israel is particularly poignant. Israelis are highly skilled in preparing for and managing mass casualty events, and disaster medicine is prominent and well developed. …