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Awareness of medical law among health care practitioners in Saudi Arabia

Abdulelah S. Bin Shihah, Abdulrahman H. Alrashed, Khaled A. Al-Abduljabbar, Hassan A. Alamri, Mohammed Shafiq, Mayada N. Ahmed and Abdullah H. Alkhenizan
Saudi Medical Journal August 2022, 43 (8) 954-958; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.8.20210920
Abdulelah S. Bin Shihah
From the Department of Family Medicine & Polyclinics (Bin Shihah, Alrashed, Al-Abduljabbar, Shafiq, Ahmed, Alkhenizan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alamri), King Abdallah Hospital, Bisha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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From the Department of Family Medicine & Polyclinics (Bin Shihah, Alrashed, Al-Abduljabbar, Shafiq, Ahmed, Alkhenizan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alamri), King Abdallah Hospital, Bisha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Khaled A. Al-Abduljabbar
From the Department of Family Medicine & Polyclinics (Bin Shihah, Alrashed, Al-Abduljabbar, Shafiq, Ahmed, Alkhenizan), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh; and from the Department of Internal Medicine (Alamri), King Abdallah Hospital, Bisha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hassan A. Alamri
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Mohammed Shafiq
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Mayada N. Ahmed
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Abdullah H. Alkhenizan
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Abdulelah S. Bin Shihah, Abdulrahman H. Alrashed, Khaled A. Al-Abduljabbar, Hassan A. Alamri, Mohammed Shafiq, Mayada N. Ahmed, Abdullah H. Alkhenizan
Saudi Medical Journal Aug 2022, 43 (8) 954-958; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.8.20210920

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Saudi Medical Journal Aug 2022, 43 (8) 954-958; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.8.20210920
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