Getting better at being worse

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 465-467

  Wears, Robert L ^a,b   Cook, Richard I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROWDING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; WAITING ROOM; WORKLOAD;

CHEST PAIN; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 78049485432     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.08.002     Document Type: Editorial

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