GMC and vulnerable doctors: Too blunt an instrument?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7930, 2013, Pages

  Dyer, Clare ^a  

^a BMJ ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FITNESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; REGISTER; SHORT SURVEY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84886619512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f6230     Document Type: Short Survey

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