Supporting doctors with mental health problems

Practitioner

Volumn 252, Issue 1705, 2008, Pages 6-

  Bland, Phillip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 42949143689     PISSN: 00326518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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