Do British women undergo too many or too few hysterectomies?

Angela Coulter, Klim McPherson, Martin Vessey
In: Social Science & Medicine · 1988 · vol. 27(9) , pp. 987–994 · doi:10.1016/0277-9536(88)90289-4 · PMID:3067370 · W2094344727
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This paper investigates whether the rates of hysterectomies performed on British women are higher or lower than they should be.

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