A Dallas doctor who spoke truth to power: three perspectives.
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This internal medicine grand rounds is the first Elgin W. Ware Lectureship in Medical History (Figure (Figure11). Dr. Elgin Ware, a long-time urologist at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas and chief of urology from 1986 to 1987, has spent his entire life in Dallas: he graduated from Highland Park High School, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School before completing an internship at Baylor Hospital and a urology residency at Parkland Hospital.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings
دوره 25 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012