Increased focus on the teaching of interactional skills to medical practitioners

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-28

  Perkins, J J ^a   Sanson Fisher, R W ^a  

^a Hunter Centre for Health Advancement   (Australia)

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EID: 0002074874     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00596227     Document Type: Article

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