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There is a growing interest in the harmonisation of trauma care systems across Europe. This is not driven by any desire to achieve administrative consistency but rather by an interest in developing best practice by utilising the most effective parts of the many disparate systems now in use across the continent. In most medical specialties the delivery of care is dictated and limited by our knowledge of the disease processes involved, the costs of training and the purchase of equipment and facilities. Trauma care is different. The way that these various components are put together is of vital importance, but we have been slow to recognise this fact.
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Yates, D.W. (1995). Trauma Care in Europe 1995. In: Goris, R.J.A., Trentz, O. (eds) The Integrated Approach to Trauma Care. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79272-4_1
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