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“That’s Africa”: acceptance as a form of negligence
- Dr D Devakumar, Ealing PCT, 1 Armstrong Wang, Southall UB2 4SA, UK; delan_devakumar{at}nhs.net
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“That’s Africa”: acceptance as a form of negligence
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- Received May 13, 2007
- Accepted May 24, 2007
- First published August 29, 2008.
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April 27, 2016
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