CIient satisfaction: Why bother?

Journal of Substance Use

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-26

  Bartu, A ^a  

^a Drug and Alcohol Office   (Australia)

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EID: 0346275631     PISSN: 14659891     EISSN: 14759942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14659899609094715     Document Type: Article

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