Medical practice in the twenty-first century - What, if anything, will doctors be doing?

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-265

  Gorman, Des ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 79959504192     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
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