"I am making my decision on the basis of my experience": Constructing authoritative knowledge about treatments for depression

Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 215-232

  Oliphant, Tami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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