357 Improving Surgical Consent – A Quality Improvement Project to Enhance the Consenting Process
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Surgery
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0007-1323,1365-2168
DOI: 10.1093/bjs/znab134.412