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Emergency medical association rejects ‘excited delirium,’ used to describe some deaths in police custody

todayOctober 12, 2023

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An emergency physicians group is disavowing “excited delirium,” a controversial term that some police officers, clinicians, medical examiners and court experts have used to explain how an agitated person could die in custody through no fault of any force used to subdue them.

​ An emergency physicians group is disavowing “excited delirium,” a controversial term that some police officers, clinicians, medical examiners and court experts have used to explain how an agitated person could die in custody through no fault of any force used to subdue them. Read More Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN 

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