An audit of basic record keeping standards: Lessons learnt from the Royal College of Physicians

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-158

  Galappathie, Nuwan ^a   Jethwa, Krishma ^a   Andonovska, Biljana ^b  

^a Langdon Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Langdon Hospital   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992838807     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.48.2.155     Document Type: Article

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