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The “Cam affair”: an isolated incident or destined to be repeated?

Martin B Van Der Weyden
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (3): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05825.x
Published online: 2 February 2004

The problems of staff and funding shortages implicated in this affair may not be confined to the hospitals in question


  • The Medical Journal of Australia, Sydney, NSW.


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