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The Trouble with Training: substance misuse education in British medical schools revisited. What are the issues?

ILANA B. CROME Professor of Addiction Studies, University of Wolverhampton, 62-68 Lichfield Street, WolverhamptonWV1 0TT, UK
Pages 111-123 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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