Some flashpoints in clinical staff relations are recurring and predictable. In an interview for a leadership promotion, you are asked, "How should our HCO deal with emergency room referrals $($on$-$call panels$)$ to specialists?" Select the single best response from the options offered as follows:

$($a$)$ If patient recovery is endangered, in the emergency care team's judgment, the specialist must show up when the ER team calls.

$($b$)$ If the specialist feels the judgment of the ER team was wrong, the emergency department's leadership can review the case formally or informally.

$($c$)$ The duty to cover can be shared in a rotation acceptable to the specialists.

$($d$)$ If the patient's recovery is not impaired, the referral can occur$/$be scheduled later.

$($e$)$ All responses $($a$,$ b$,$ c and d$)$ are correct and appropriate.

$($f$)$ All responses are correct and appropriate, except $($a$).$

$($g$)$ All