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The junkyard dogs find their teeth: addressing the crisis of admitted patients in Canadian emergency departments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Riyad B. Abu-Laban
Riyad B. Abu-Laban*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, 855 W 12th Ave., Vancouver BC V5Z 1M9, [email protected]

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Type
Editorial • Éditorial
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 6 , November 2006 , pp. 388 - 391
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2006

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