Editorial

Seeking medical care abroad: A challenge to empathy

Nizar N. Zein, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 801-803; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16097
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