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The buck stops where? What is the role of the emergency physician in managing panic disorder in chest pain patients?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Jacques Lee*
Affiliation:
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ont.
Lauren A. Dade
Affiliation:
Rotman Research Institute Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ont.
*
2075 Bayview Ave., BG-15, Toronto ON M4N 3M5; 416 480-6100 x7701, fax 416 480-4704, jacques.lee@ices.on.ca

Abstract

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Type
Commentary • Commentaire
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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