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. 2007 Nov;92(11):946-7.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2007.121087.

Not just small adults: the metaphors of paediatrics

Jonathan Gillis  1 , Patricia Loughlan
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Not just small adults: the metaphors of paediatrics

Jonathan Gillis et al. Arch Dis Child. 2007 Nov.

Abstract

It is time to acknowledge that both children and adults belong to the human race

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