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Article: Medical Societies Report Critical Care Crisis in United States; Critical Care Societies Make Federal Appeal to Address Impending Health Care Workforce Shortage.
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- PR Newswire
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- March 29, 2004
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Critical care professional societies in the United States are urging the federal government to address the impending critical care workforce shortage and other deficiencies in critical care medicine before the nation enters into a full-scale critical care crisis. The Critical Care Workforce Partnership, comprised of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), American Association of Critical- Care Nurses (AACN), American Thoracic Society (ATS), and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), has issued a report outlining the state of critical care medicine in the United States and strategies to prevent a crisis in the ...