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How does an “opinion leader” influence my practice?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Christopher R. Carpenter*
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
Jonathan Sherbino
Affiliation:
Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.
*
Campus Box 8072, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO 63110; carpenterc@wusm.wustl.edu

Abstract

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Type
Education • Enseignement
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2010

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