The role of the electronic patient record in the clinical consultation

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 490-505

  Swinglehurst, Deborah ^a   Roberts, Celia ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315856971     Document Type: Chapter

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