COVID-19 has heightened tensions between and exposed threats to core values of emergency medicine.

Eve Isabelle PurdyGillian ForsterHayley ManloveLaura McDonoughMeredith PowellKrista WoodLouise RangDamon DagnoneRob BrisonDoug HenryStuart L Douglas

Published in: CJEM (2022)

COVID-19 has highlighted and compounded existing tensions and threats to the core values of EM, underscoring a critical mismatch between values and practice. Realignment of the realities of ED work with staff values is urgently needed.

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