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Wellbeing at work
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Sharing bad news
  1. Sheila Deborah Shanks
  1. Department of Paediatrics, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, Scotland, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sheila Deborah Shanks, Paediatrics, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness IV2 4ST, UK; deborah.shanks{at}nhs.net

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2019-317847

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