Stewart Mercer
@Stewmercer
Professor of Primary Care and Multimorbidity, University of Edinburgh. Director of the Scottish School of Primary Care. Views are my own.
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http://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/healthwellbeing/staff/stewartmercer/ 26-06-2012 16:42:21
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The The Health Foundation Health Inequalities report published this month.
Thank you Ann Raymond for covering this crucial topic Royal College of Physicians #rcpmed24
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