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High stakes and high emotions: providing safe care in Canadian emergency departments

Samina Ali1 Women and Childrenߣs Health Research Institute;2 Department of PediatricsCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Denise Thomson3 Cochrane Child Health Field, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton
,
Timothy A D Graham4 Department of Emergency Medicine
,
Sean E Rickard3 Cochrane Child Health Field, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton
&
Antonia S Stang5 Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
Pages 23-26 | Published online: 19 Jan 2017

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