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International conferences on rare diseases: initiatives in commitment, patient care and connections
Author(s) -
Knight Andrew W,
Taruscio Domenica
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01143.x
Subject(s) - knight , citation , library science , medical journal , political science , medicine , operations research , engineering , computer science , physics , astronomy
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 16 July 2007 187 2 74-76©The Medical Journal of Australia 2007www.mja.com.auConference Reportather than finishing paperwork after a busy Monday in aKatoomba general practice, I (AWK) found myself sitting(jet-lagged) in a marble auditorium in Rome within theIstituto Superiore di Sanita (Institute of Public Health; Box 1) withabout 200 other conference participants from the United States,Australia, and more than 22 different European Union (EU) andnon-EU member states. We were waiting for an announcement bythe Honourable Livia Turco, the Italian Minister of Health. Anarticle I co-authored, which was published in the Journal in July2006,