Client-centered counseling improves client satisfaction with family planning visits: Evidence from Irbid, Jordan

Global Health Science and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 180-192

  Kamhawi, Sarah ^a   Underwood, Carol ^b   Murad, Huda ^a   Jabre, Bushra ^b  

^a Jordan Health Communication Partnership   (Jordan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84994046194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2169575X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00051     Document Type: Article

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