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The stethoscope: celebration or cremation after 200 years?

Author: E. E. van der Wall

Published in: Netherlands Heart Journal | Issue 5/2016

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The stethoscope is currently at the crossroads. For two centuries now, the stethoscope has been a central part of examining the thorax. Nevertheless, this omnipresent tool of the medical profession (‘conversation piece’) is at the heart of the debate over how diagnostic medicine should be practised. …

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Title: The stethoscope: celebration or cremation after 200 years?
Author: E. E. van der Wall
Publication date: 01-05-2016
Publisher: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
Published in: Netherlands Heart Journal / Issue 5/2016
Print ISSN: 1568-5888
Electronic ISSN: 1876-6250
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-016-0826-6

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