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Access, Boundaries and their effects: legitimate participation in anaesthesia. / Goodwin, Dawn; Pope, Catherine; Mort, Maggie et al.
In: Sociology of Health and Illness, Vol. 27, No. 6, 09.2005, p. 855-871.

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Goodwin, D, Pope, C, Mort, M & Smith, A 2005, 'Access, Boundaries and their effects: legitimate participation in anaesthesia.', Sociology of Health and Illness, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 855-871. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00477.x

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Goodwin, D., Pope, C., Mort, M., & Smith, A. (2005). Access, Boundaries and their effects: legitimate participation in anaesthesia. Sociology of Health and Illness, 27(6), 855-871. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00477.x

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Goodwin D, Pope C, Mort M, Smith A. Access, Boundaries and their effects: legitimate participation in anaesthesia. Sociology of Health and Illness. 2005 Sept;27(6):855-871. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2005.00477.x

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Goodwin, Dawn ; Pope, Catherine ; Mort, Maggie et al. / Access, Boundaries and their effects: legitimate participation in anaesthesia. In: Sociology of Health and Illness. 2005 ; Vol. 27, No. 6. pp. 855-871.

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