Strategies for managing a busy emergency department

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-276

  Campbell, Samuel G ^a   Sinclair, Douglas E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency overcrowding; Patient flow; Physician practice

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; STRESS; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 18244371644     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500009258     Document Type: Review

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