Facilitating prevention in primary care.
BMJPublished 14 March 1992Open access
David Mant
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A consensus now calls for the creation of more consultant posts to reflect the growth of specialisation and the needs of an increasingly consultant led service, and such expansion needs to be accompanied by a commensurate increase in career posts in academic medicine.
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