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CORRESPONDENCE: Ranjit Singh, MA, MBBChir(Cantab.), MBA, Associate Director, Patient Safety Research Center, Department of Family Medicine, Clinical Center, Room 155, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo NY 14215. E-mail: rs10@buffalo.edu
