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Carrying Stethoscopes
are shared by many of us, against the indecent practice of hanging one's stethoscope round the neck like a hangman's noose. This bad practice has become much in vogue during the last few years and it is a very common sight to find doctors riding a tram or a bus or going by a rickshaw or walking on the streets with their stethoscopes hanging round the neck. It may be argued to be a matter of con...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.80.4.318