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    1 10-08-2012  03:05
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    Color blindness in medicine
    Can a color blind person become a surgeon?
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    2 13-08-2012  11:17
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    Re: Color blindness in medicine
    (Original post by Triangle1)
    Can a color blind person become a surgeon?
    It will depend on your level of colour blindness, i.e. what colours are affected, under what conditions it is at its worst (lighting etc.)...
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