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Advocacy and activism in emergency medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Katrina F. Hurley
Katrina F. Hurley*
Affiliation:
Emergency medicine resident and Masters candidate in health informatics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
*
Emergency Department, QEII, Halifax Infirmary Rm. 3021, 1796 Summer St., Halifax NS B3H 3A7; kfhurley@dal.ca

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Keywords

professional roleadvocacy
Type
Resident Issues • Polémiques des résidents
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , July 2007 , pp. 282 - 285
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2007

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