Legal Aspects of Consultation

Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 349-364

  Schouten, Ronald ^a,b   Brendel, Rebecca W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 19644388047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-02767-0.50026-7     Document Type: Chapter

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