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Editorial
. 2000 Feb 5;320(7231):329-30.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7231.329.

Doctor as murderer. Death certification needs tightening up, but it still might not have stopped Shipman

B O'Neill
Editorial

Doctor as murderer. Death certification needs tightening up, but it still might not have stopped Shipman

B O'Neill. BMJ. .
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