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Should blood-borne virus testing be part of operative consent? When the doctor becomes the patient
- Correspondence to Simon Adams, Department of General Surgery, York Hospital, Wigginton Road, York, YO31 8HE, UK; rpbgt{at}hotmail.com
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Should blood-borne virus testing be part of operative consent? When the doctor becomes the patient
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- Received June 29, 2010
- Revised February 24, 2011
- Accepted March 2, 2011
- First published April 8, 2011.
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July 19, 2011
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