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Editorial
. 2022 Oct 24;23(6):890-892.
doi: 10.5811/westjem.2022.8.58646.

Moving Beyond the Binary: How Language and Common Research Practices Can Make Emergency Medicine Less Welcoming for Some Learners and Physicians

Alex Farthing  1 , John Burkhardt  2
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Editorial

Moving Beyond the Binary: How Language and Common Research Practices Can Make Emergency Medicine Less Welcoming for Some Learners and Physicians

Alex Farthing et al. West J Emerg Med. .
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Conflicts of Interest: By the WestJEM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. No author has professional or financial relationships with any companies that are relevant to this study. There are no conflicts of interest or sources of funding to declare.

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