PRIMARY SURVEY
Primary survey
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CONSULTATIONS AND THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Consultations (or referrals as we would probably term them in the UK) are the subject of a systematic review by Rene Lee and colleagues from the universities of Alberta and Calgary. The
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