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Editorial
. 2025 Aug;27(8):588-591.
doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-00944-z. Epub 2025 May 20.

Discharge with insufficient or inappropriate care in Canada's EDs: overcoming the challenges for people who use drugs

Nance E Cunningham  1   2 , James Pierzchalski  3 , Sandra Smiley  4 , Jeffrey Eisen  5
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Discharge with insufficient or inappropriate care in Canada's EDs: overcoming the challenges for people who use drugs

Nance E Cunningham et al. CJEM. 2025 Aug.
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Declarations. Conflict of interest: All authors declare that they have no potential conflicts of interest related to this work.

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