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38 - Patient Safety in Gynecologic Care

from Section 6 - General Considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2018

Lisa Keder
Affiliation:
Ohio State University
Martin E. Olsen
Affiliation:
East Tennessee State University
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Gynecologic Care , pp. 371 - 380
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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