Open letter to the chief medical officer

Comment

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. 2001 Aug 4;323(7307):280.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.323.7307.280.

No abstract available

Comment in

No blame should be apportioned in corporate failure.
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Implementing clinical governance: turning vision into reality.
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