Accident and emergency 24 hour senior cover--a necessity or a luxury?
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Accident and emergency 24 hour senior cover--a necessity or a luxury?
For many years the NHS has survived with most emergency care being delivered by junior doctors, who may discuss recognised problems with their consultants. Studies have suggested that more patients would have survived had senior intervention occurred earlier.' 2 Numbers attending accident and emergency (A&E) departments are increasing, and some departments have noticed a change in diurnal varia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.3.181