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Unnecessary variation cloaked as discretion in medical decisions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Niranjan Kissoon
Niranjan Kissoon*
Affiliation:
BC Children's Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children and Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Surgery, University of British Columbia; Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC; and World Federation of Paediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, Geneva, Switzerland
*
BC Children's Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children and Department of Pediatrics and Emergency Surgery, University of British Columbia, B24C - 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4

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Keywords

childrenemergency medicineguidelinesqualityradiology
Type
Editorial/Commentary
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 1 - 2
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2013

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