Acta Med. 2024, 67: 32-38

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2024.17

Academic Responsibilities, Obligations, and Freedom: A Call for Review – In Memory of Professor Dr. Tomáš Hudlický

Consolato M. Sergia,b

aAP Division/Pathology Laboratories, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada
bDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Received December 18, 2023
Accepted February 24, 2024

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