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Ending waiting-list mismanagement: principles and practice

Steven Lewis, Morris L. Barer, Claudia Sanmartin, Sam Sheps, Samuel E.D. Shortt and Paul W. McDonald
CMAJ May 02, 2000 162 (9) 1297-1300;
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