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Editorial
. 2018 Sep;36(3):225-226.
doi: 10.1080/02813432.2018.1499483. Epub 2018 Aug 8.

Defensive medicine in primary health care

Jesper Lykkegaard  1 , Merethe Kirstine Kousgaard Andersen  1 , Jørgen Nexøe  1   2 , Elisabeth Assing Hvidt  1
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Defensive medicine in primary health care

Jesper Lykkegaard et al. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2018 Sep.
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