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Known and unknown requirements in healthcare. / Sutcliffe, Alistair; Sawyer, Pete; Stringer, Gemma et al.
In: Requirements Engineering , Vol. 25, No. 1, 01.03.2020, p. 1-20.

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Sutcliffe, A, Sawyer, P, Stringer, G, Couth, S, Brown, LJE, Gledson, A, Bull, C, Rayson, P, Keane, J, Zeng, X & Leroi, I 2020, 'Known and unknown requirements in healthcare', Requirements Engineering , vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-018-0301-6

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Sutcliffe, A., Sawyer, P., Stringer, G., Couth, S., Brown, L. J. E., Gledson, A., Bull, C., Rayson, P., Keane, J., Zeng, X., & Leroi, I. (2020). Known and unknown requirements in healthcare. Requirements Engineering , 25(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-018-0301-6

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Sutcliffe A, Sawyer P, Stringer G, Couth S, Brown LJE, Gledson A et al. Known and unknown requirements in healthcare. Requirements Engineering . 2020 Mar 1;25(1):1-20. Epub 2018 Jul 30. doi: 10.1007/s00766-018-0301-6

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Sutcliffe, Alistair ; Sawyer, Pete ; Stringer, Gemma et al. / Known and unknown requirements in healthcare. In: Requirements Engineering . 2020 ; Vol. 25, No. 1. pp. 1-20.

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