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Who Should Run A&E Departments?

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A History of Accident and Emergency Medicine, 1948–2004

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The severity of the problems in casualty in the late 1950s is indicated by the fact that between 1959 and 1962 there were at least four reports which made recommendations on casualty departments.

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    Henry Guly (Consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine)

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Guly, H. (2005). Who Should Run A&E Departments?. In: A History of Accident and Emergency Medicine, 1948–2004. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230000742_2

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