Is junior doctors‘ experience in pleural interventions adequate?

N. Green, A. Guhan, F. Gibson (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Medical education
Session: Medical education
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1550
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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