Shy and retiring?
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A retiring fellow
A short while ago I received a letter asking me to step down from membership of a board on which I had been serving for quite some time. Normally I refuse to join boards or committees unless a finite, and preferably short, term of service is fixed in advance. But this particular job was not very onerous, I enjoyed doing it, and worst of all, I thought I was doing some good. So when I read the l...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39065.650150.b7