Current political issues facing emergency medicine in Canada

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 190-194

  Holroyd, Brian R ^a,c   Rowe, Brian H ^a   Sinclair, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academics; Canada; Education; Emergency medicine; Research

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; PEDIATRICIAN; POLITICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 3142514191     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2004.00601.x     Document Type: Review

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