Re: Workforce challenges across Victorian medical oncology services: review consultations and workload.

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Department of Medical Oncology, Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, Flinders Medical Centre/Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Published: June 2023


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