Medical Students Will Take Care of the People, We Need to Take Care of Them

Fares Alahdab

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1755183

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Avicenna J Med 2022; 12(03): 097-099
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755183

Editorial

Medical Students Will Take Care of the People, We Need to Take Care of Them

Fares Alahdab

¹Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States

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