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Access to acute care in the setting of emergency department overcrowding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians and the National Emergency Nurses Affiliation

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Joint Position Statement • Prise DE Position Conjointe
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , March 2003 , pp. 81 - 86
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Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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