Kafka's uncle: Scenes from a world of trust infected by suspicion

Medical Humanities

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-91

  Bamforth, Iain ^a  

^a General Practitioner   (France)

Author keywords

Doctor baiting; Franz Kafka; German literature; Negotiation; Suspicion; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008849951     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mh.26.2.85     Document Type: Article

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