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1999 BMA Medical Book Competition

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Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2

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Health and Fitness magazine

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Woman's Weekly

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Damian Ettinger BA, MA, PGCE, Headmaster, Cokethorpe School, Witney, Oxon

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Robert Masters, Headmaster, The Judd School

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Medical Journal of Australia

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Dr Phil Hammond

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A female reader from New Zealand, age 41

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Reverend Martin Beaumont, Chaplain of Tonbridge

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Vanilla

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WI Home and Country

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