International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 250-252 , July 2009

Off-licence use of medicines is bad medicine flying the flag of clinical freedom

    Opposer:
  • D.G. Bogod

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: D G Bogod FRCA LLM, Consultant Anaesthetist, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.

,Accepted 18 March 2009.

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PII: S0959-289X(09)00081-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2009.03.007

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 250-252 , July 2009

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