Family and vocation: Career choice and the life histories of general practitioners

Oral History, Health and Welfare

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 21-46

  Bevan, Michael ^a  

^a History of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0009713199     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203983256-8     Document Type: Chapter

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