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Confronting the COVID-19 surgery crisis: time for transformational change
David R. Urbach and Danielle Martin
CMAJ May 25, 2020 192 (21) E585-E586; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.200791
David R. Urbach
Women’s College Hospital and Departments of Surgery and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Urbach), University of Toronto; Women’s College Research Institute (Urbach); Women’s College Hospital and Department of Family and Community Medicine (Martin), University of Toronto; Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (Martin), Toronto, Ont.
Danielle Martin
Women’s College Hospital and Departments of Surgery and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Urbach), University of Toronto; Women’s College Research Institute (Urbach); Women’s College Hospital and Department of Family and Community Medicine (Martin), University of Toronto; Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care (Martin), Toronto, Ont.

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