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Chapter 2 - Organization of ambulatory surgery and anesthesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2015

By
Audrice Francois  and
Johan Raeder
Edited by
Johan Raeder  and
Richard D. Urman
Johan Raeder
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
Richard D. Urman
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School
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Practical Ambulatory Anesthesia , pp. 6 - 17
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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