Dr. Shah is assistant professor of emergency medicine and associate chief medical informatics officer at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
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ACEP Now: Vol 38 – No 01 – January 2019References
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One Response to “We Must Start Paying Attention to Physician PTSD in Emergency Medicine”
June 16, 2019
John Grey BurnsLet’s not forget about respiratory therapists and nurses. We deal and see a lot of the same things.