Emergency departments are in crisis now and for the foreseeable future

Affiliations

¹ Deputy editor, CMAJ; Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute; Department of Emergency Medicine, Sinai Health, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

Editorial

Catherine Varner. CMAJ. 2023.

. 2023 Jun 19;195(24):E851-E852.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.230719.

¹ Deputy editor, CMAJ; Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute; Department of Emergency Medicine, Sinai Health, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: www.cmaj.ca/staff

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