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Editorial
. 1997 Dec;12(12):787-8.
doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07167.x.

Legal anxieties and medical mistakes: barriers and pretexts

M B Kapp
Editorial

Legal anxieties and medical mistakes: barriers and pretexts

M B Kapp. J Gen Intern Med. 1997 Dec.
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