Preference for physicians as information providers by women with multiple sclerosis: A potential cause for communication problems?

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-262

  Baker, Lynda M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031519067     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000007199     Document Type: Article

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