A stain on medical ethics

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9484, 2005, Pages 429-431

  Wilks, Michael ^a  

^a BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CHILE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 23444442195     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67035-3     Document Type: Note

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