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Training Health Care Professionals to Deal with an Explosion of Electronic Distraction

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Papadakos, P.J. Training Health Care Professionals to Deal with an Explosion of Electronic Distraction. Neurocrit Care 18, 115–117 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-012-9809-7

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