Truth or fallacy? Three hour wait for three minutes with the doctor: Findings from a private clinic in rural Japan

Asia Pacific Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wooldridge, Adam N ^a   Aratá, Nára ^b   Sen, Ananda ^b   Amenomori, Masaki ^c   Fetters, Michael D ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Yuge Medical Clinic   (Japan)

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EID: 78650451767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1447056X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1447-056X-9-11     Document Type: Article

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