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Letter to the Editor: Safety in Surgery and Overall Health: What is the Responsibility of the Patient?

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Correspondence to Emily Jane Woo MD, MPH.

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(RE: Lee MJ. Safety in surgery and overall health: What is the responsibility of the patient? Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014;472:1373–1374).

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Woo, E.J. Letter to the Editor: Safety in Surgery and Overall Health: What is the Responsibility of the Patient?. Clin Orthop Relat Res 472, 2893–2894 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3749-9

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