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Chapter 6 - Staffing Considerations

from Part I - Administration: Key Concepts of Observation Medicine, and Developing and Maintaining an Observation Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2017

By
Christopher W. Baugh  and
J. Stephan Bohan
Edited by
Sharon E. Mace
Sharon E. Mace
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
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Observation Medicine
Principles and Protocols
 , pp. 33 - 36
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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