Show Notes
Dr Ellen O'Sullivan talks about the adoption of the BJA as the official journal of The College of Anaesthetists of Ireland. Together with Rik Thomas, Dr O'Sullivan celebrates some of Ireland's notable academic anaesthetists past, present and future,
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