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dc.contributor.authorde Wet, Carl
dc.contributor.authorBowie, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-17T03:51:47Z
dc.date.available2018-04-17T03:51:47Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn0960-1643
dc.identifier.doi10.3399/bjgp14X677716
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/134150
dc.description.abstractOn 30 June 1859 Charles Blondin successfully crossed the 340 metre span of the Niagara gorge on a tightrope suspended 50 metres above the rushing water. As if this wasn’t enough, he repeated the feat several times over the next few months with some added twists: he crossed on stilts, he crossed blindfolded, he carried a stove across and made an omelette on it, and then he pushed a wheelbarrow across. On reaching the other side he apparently asked the rapturous crowd whether they believed he could push a man across in the wheelbarrow. Their affirmative cheers drowned out the roaring river, but when he asked for a volunteer they fell silent ...
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoyal College of General Practitioners
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom164
dc.relation.ispartofpageto165
dc.relation.ispartofissue621
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBritish Journal of General Practice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume64
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode119999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titlePatient safety and general practice: traversing the tightrope
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC2 - Articles (Other)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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