European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 309-313 , July 2008

Anatomy of the ward round

Received 20 September 2007 ,Accepted 26 September 2007.

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PII: S0953-6205(07)00252-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.09.016

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 309-313 , July 2008

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