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Nurse practitioners in the emergency department: a discussion paper

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Alan J. Drummond  and
Michael Bingley
Alan J. Drummond*
Affiliation:
The Great War Memorial Hospital, Perth, Ont., Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ont., and Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.
Michael Bingley
Affiliation:
North Lanark Community Health Center, Lanark, Ont.
*
20 Drummond St. W, Perth ON K7H 2J5; fax 613 267-8770, drummond@perth.igs.net

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Keywords

emergency servicesemergency department administrationalternative health care providersnurse practitionershuman resources
Type
Controversies • Controverses
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , July 2003 , pp. 276 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2003

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