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Compassion in the emergency department

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Norman L. Epstein*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
*
The Credit Valley Hospital, 2200 Eglinton Ave., West Mississauga ON L5M 2N1; 905 813-4530, epstein@globalserve.net

Abstract

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Type
Humour and Humanity • Humour Et Humanité
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2000

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