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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.
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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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