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The Impotence of Being Important – Reflections on Leadership

Ian Douglas Couper
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2007, 5 (3) 261-262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.664
Ian Douglas Couper
BA, MBBCh, MFamMed
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vol. 5 no. 3 261-262
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.664
PubMed 
17548855

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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication June 8, 2006
  • Revision received September 22, 2006
  • Accepted for publication October 23, 2006
  • Published online June 4, 2007.

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  1. Ian Douglas Couper, BA, MBBCh, MFamMed
  1. Rural Health, Department of Family Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Ian Couper, BA, MBBCh, MFamMed, Department of Family Medicine, 7 York Rd, Parktown, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa, couperid{at}medicine.wits.ac.za

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