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Letter to the Editor in Response to “‘What a Pretty Assistant You Have’: Addressing Sex-Based Harassment by Patient Offenders in Undergraduate Medical Training”

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de Wolf, A. Letter to the Editor in Response to “‘What a Pretty Assistant You Have’: Addressing Sex-Based Harassment by Patient Offenders in Undergraduate Medical Training”. Med.Sci.Educ. 31, 2139–2140 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01403-x

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