To the Editor: Langlands and colleagues show that family history is poorly taken in patients presenting to an acute medical unit at a major tertiary hospital.1
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- 1 Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.
- 2 University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.
Correspondence: gerald.watts@uwa.edu.au
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