‘The [AMA] doth protest too much, methinks’

Jonathon Bruce Ryan

doi:10.1071/AH24198

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‘The [AMA] doth protest too much, methinks’

Jonathon Bruce Ryan

^A ^B ^C ^D ^*

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^A Discipline of Surgery, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

^B Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

^C Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Prince of Wales Private Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

^D Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Eastern Heart Clinic, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

^* Correspondence to: j.ryan@unsw.edu.au

Australian Health Review https://doi.org/10.1071/AH24198

Submitted: 22 July 2024 Accepted: 23 July 2024 Published: 8 August 2024

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