Patient or client? if in doubt, ask

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-289

  Wing, Peter C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT;

EID: 0030758449     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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