Integrating Children Into Our Emergency Care System: Achieving the Vision

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-134

  Gausche Hill, Marianne ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHILD SAFETY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISASTER; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSING CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SKILL; TEAMWORK; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746163094     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.06.012     Document Type: Editorial

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