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Good Standards

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Infectious Diseases

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All of us are anxious to provide high quality care for our patients and most of us are interested in developing ideas about whether or not we are doing it. This chapter seeks to improve standards of care in the management of patients with infection in general practice.

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© 1986 D. Brooks and E.M. Dunbar

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Brooks, D., Dunbar, E.M. (1986). Good Standards. In: Infectious Diseases. Management of Common Diseases in Family Practice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4133-5_14

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