Home care team in accident and emergency.
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چکیده
We describe experience with a community paediatric service designed to provide more convenient follow up for children and their families and to reduce the number of children returning unnecessarily to the accident and emergency department.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 61 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1986