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Vol. 148 No. 2728 (2018)

The inconsistent ethical oversight of healthcare quality data in Switzerland

  • Stuart McLennan
  • Roxanne Maritz
  • David Shaw
  • Bernice Elger
Cite this as:
Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148:w14637
Published
12.07.2018

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