Junior doctors are performing fewer emergency assessments - A cause for concern

Psychiatrist

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 268-270

  Waddell, Linda ^a   Crawford, Colin ^b  

^a Hairmyres Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 77954911496     PISSN: 17583209     EISSN: 17583217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.109.026013     Document Type: Article

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