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Editorial
. 1998 Jun 13;316(7147):1759-60.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7147.1759.

Public confidence and cardiac surgical outcome. Cardiac surgery: the fall guy in medical quality assurance

B E Keogh, J Dussek, D Watson, P Magee, D Wheatley
Editorial

Public confidence and cardiac surgical outcome. Cardiac surgery: the fall guy in medical quality assurance

B E Keogh et al. BMJ. .
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