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Description and evaluation of an acute stroke unit
Stephen J. Phillips, Gail A. Eskes, Gordon J. Gubitz and on behalf of the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre Acute Stroke Team
CMAJ September 17, 2002 167 (6) 655-660;
Stephen J. Phillips
From *the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, and †the Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS Eslier Aguilar, Lindi Barkhouse, Joanne Brown-Bonomo, Krista Buchanan, Allison Callaghan, Cathy Ann Casault, Christine Christian, Wilma Clancy, Leanne Coleman-Kamphuis, Margie Collins, Mary-Elizabeth Cooper, Caroline Corkum, Penny Dalgarno, Sultan Darvesh, Jill Dollimount, Vicky Dwyer, Angela Edwards, Jill Flynn, Ann Grantmyre, Wendy Green, Ed Harrison, Janey Hughes, Judith Jarrett, Michelle MacKay, Clarke MacKenzie, Eileen MacKinnon, Abbigail May, Deidre McLean, Susan McNeil, Maureen Merchant, Shannon Nearing, Yvette Reidy, Steve Sampson, Shirley Sanford, Stancy Singh, Sandy Singleton, Susan Smith, Myrna Sutherland, Anne Wagner, Elan Wojick and the nursing staff of the Acute Stroke Unit
Gail A. Eskes
From *the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, and †the Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS Eslier Aguilar, Lindi Barkhouse, Joanne Brown-Bonomo, Krista Buchanan, Allison Callaghan, Cathy Ann Casault, Christine Christian, Wilma Clancy, Leanne Coleman-Kamphuis, Margie Collins, Mary-Elizabeth Cooper, Caroline Corkum, Penny Dalgarno, Sultan Darvesh, Jill Dollimount, Vicky Dwyer, Angela Edwards, Jill Flynn, Ann Grantmyre, Wendy Green, Ed Harrison, Janey Hughes, Judith Jarrett, Michelle MacKay, Clarke MacKenzie, Eileen MacKinnon, Abbigail May, Deidre McLean, Susan McNeil, Maureen Merchant, Shannon Nearing, Yvette Reidy, Steve Sampson, Shirley Sanford, Stancy Singh, Sandy Singleton, Susan Smith, Myrna Sutherland, Anne Wagner, Elan Wojick and the nursing staff of the Acute Stroke Unit
Gordon J. Gubitz
From *the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, and †the Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS Eslier Aguilar, Lindi Barkhouse, Joanne Brown-Bonomo, Krista Buchanan, Allison Callaghan, Cathy Ann Casault, Christine Christian, Wilma Clancy, Leanne Coleman-Kamphuis, Margie Collins, Mary-Elizabeth Cooper, Caroline Corkum, Penny Dalgarno, Sultan Darvesh, Jill Dollimount, Vicky Dwyer, Angela Edwards, Jill Flynn, Ann Grantmyre, Wendy Green, Ed Harrison, Janey Hughes, Judith Jarrett, Michelle MacKay, Clarke MacKenzie, Eileen MacKinnon, Abbigail May, Deidre McLean, Susan McNeil, Maureen Merchant, Shannon Nearing, Yvette Reidy, Steve Sampson, Shirley Sanford, Stancy Singh, Sandy Singleton, Susan Smith, Myrna Sutherland, Anne Wagner, Elan Wojick and the nursing staff of the Acute Stroke Unit
From *the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, and †the Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University and Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS Eslier Aguilar, Lindi Barkhouse, Joanne Brown-Bonomo, Krista Buchanan, Allison Callaghan, Cathy Ann Casault, Christine Christian, Wilma Clancy, Leanne Coleman-Kamphuis, Margie Collins, Mary-Elizabeth Cooper, Caroline Corkum, Penny Dalgarno, Sultan Darvesh, Jill Dollimount, Vicky Dwyer, Angela Edwards, Jill Flynn, Ann Grantmyre, Wendy Green, Ed Harrison, Janey Hughes, Judith Jarrett, Michelle MacKay, Clarke MacKenzie, Eileen MacKinnon, Abbigail May, Deidre McLean, Susan McNeil, Maureen Merchant, Shannon Nearing, Yvette Reidy, Steve Sampson, Shirley Sanford, Stancy Singh, Sandy Singleton, Susan Smith, Myrna Sutherland, Anne Wagner, Elan Wojick and the nursing staff of the Acute Stroke Unit
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