The shrinking autonomy of the practicing physician and its impact on quality
β Scribed by Lowell Eliezer Bellin
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 626 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0094-5145
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