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Medical Ethics

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Narrated by Scott Jasmin ...

Series series Audio Crash Courses
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by M.D. Ricardo Nuila ...

Narrated by M.D. Ricardo Nuila ...

Unabridged

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8 hours 31 min

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Narrated by John Sackville ...

Series series The Confessions Series
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From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands;
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