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Cracking the code : a quick reference guide to interpreting patient medical notes by 
Martindale: the complete drug reference by 
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine by 
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pathology 2nd ed. by 
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties by Find definitions and summaries from a wide range of online dictionaries and encyclopedias by searching the Summon discovery service using the box below.
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