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Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 6-12

The Incompetent Patient on the Slippery Slope

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EID: 0028474095     PISSN: 00930334     EISSN: 1552146X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3562836     Document Type: Article
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