So many unanswered questions: The emergency care system of the future

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-53

  Pencheon, David ^a   Lambert, Mike ^b,d   Hadridge, Philip ^c  

^a Cambridge and Huntingdon Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Anglia and Oxford Regional Office   (United Kingdom)

^d NORFOLK AND NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; REVIEW;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0031944583     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.1.49     Document Type: Review

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