Professional misconduct: The Bristol case

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 369-372

  Bolsin, Stephen N ^a,b  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Critical Care Services

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; HEART SURGERY; MALPRACTICE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032487550     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1998.tb126806.x     Document Type: Article

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