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- Published 20060905
- ISBN: 9780733319389
- Extent: 288 pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm)

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Karen Hitchcock
Karen Hitchcock is a doctor and writer.She is lecturer in medicine at the University of Newcastle where she also completed a PhD in English/Creative...
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