Multidisciplinary team working: The emperor without clothes?

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 186-187

  Thornton, Sarah ^a   Dodwell, David ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84860567601     PISSN: 17508460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2012.73.4.186     Document Type: Editorial

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