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Christmas 2018: Death and readmissions after hospital discharge during the December holiday period

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Christmas 2018: Golf habits among physicians and surgeons

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Christmas 2018: Small acts of kindness

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Improving professionalism will increase job satisfaction, says RCP

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Many patients in England are waiting more than two weeks to see a GP, figures show

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US health system must change to meet needs of seriously ill patients, says Harvard forum

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New era of surgery promises safer and tailored treatments but will require new methods of learning, says report

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Complaints against doctors fell by 8% in 2017

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Voices for Healthy Kids: a multisectoral collaboration to accelerate policy changes that promote healthy weight for all children and adolescents in the United States

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Adolescent girls’ nutrition and prevention of anaemia: a school based multisectoral collaboration in Indonesia

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Business not as usual: how multisectoral collaboration can promote transformative change for health and sustainable development

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Improving psychosocial services for vulnerable families with young children: strengthening links between health and social services in Germany

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