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L'engorgement des urgences menace la dignité des patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Rick Mah
Rick Mah*
Affiliation:
Service d'urgence, Hôpital Général de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)
*
Hôpital Général de Montréal, 1650 avenue Cedar, Montréal QC H3G 1A4; rick.mah@mcgill.ca

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Keywords

service d'urgenceurgencesengorgementdignitédroits de la personne
Type
Éditorial
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , July 2009 , pp. 370 - 374
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2009

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