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Integrated competence and the maturing doctor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Rosemary MacDonald
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Competence should be “at the heart” of medical practice to ensure patient confidence in health care (Calman, 1996), but what is competence in relation to medical practice?

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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 4 , Issue 6 , November 1998 , pp. 328 - 334
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1998 

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