Emily Shaw
“‘It causes a lot of moral distress for many of us, just because it doesn’t feel like the emergency department is always the right place or best place to take care of many of our patients,’ Dr. Cushing said.
‘But,’ she added, “they really don’t have anywhere else to go.’”
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