Emergency care in the first 48 hours: "Acute physicians" herald the new specialty of acute medicine

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7587, 2007, Pages 218-219

  Leman, Peter ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846883523     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39099.591528.80     Document Type: Editorial

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