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Health service reforms in the United Kingdom after Bristol

Donald Irvine
Med J Aust 2004; 181 (1): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06156.x
Published online: 5 July 2004

The health service reforms fuelled by whistleblowing continue


  • Morpeth, Northumberland, United Kingdom.


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