Developing the painless emergency department: A systematic approach to change

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 253-259

  Zempsky, William T ^a,b,c  

^a Connecticut Children's Med Center ^*

^b Farmington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 10844282013     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/epem.2000.8154     Document Type: Article

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