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Working in a national emergency
  1. Holly Morris
  1. Correspondence to Dr Holly Morris, Resident Medical Officer, Grey Base Hospital, Greymouth 7085, West Coast, New Zealand; hollyvmorris{at}doctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200363

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