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Development of emergency medicine programs in Israel and Canada: a tale of two countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Pinchas Halpern
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; and, at the time of writing, Chair of the Israeli Association for Emergency Medicine, Tel Aviv
Ivan P. Steiner*
Affiliation:
Studies in Medical Organizations, Department of Family Medicine and Division of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton
*
Royal Alexandra Hospital, 10240 Kingsway Ave., B-309, Edmonton AB T6R 1P7; 780 491–5374, fax 780 477–4916, ivan.steiner@ualberta.ca

Abstract

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Type
International EM • MU Internationale
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2002

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