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Medico-legal and ethical aspects of nasal fractures secondary to assault: do we owe a duty of care to advise patients to have a facial x-ray?
- Correspondence to Marie-Claire Jaberoo, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, HA1 3UJ, UK; mcjaberoo{at}gmail.com
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Medico-legal and ethical aspects of nasal fractures secondary to assault: do we owe a duty of care to advise patients to have a facial x-ray?
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- Received August 17, 2011
- Revised September 14, 2012
- Accepted October 17, 2012
- First published November 21, 2012.
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April 27, 2016
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