Seeking care for nonurgent medical conditions in the emergency department: through the eyes of the patient.

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Journal of Emergency Nursing

• Publication date

  2000-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1067/MEN.2000.110904PMID 11106453
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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