"Check it out" - The construction of patient empowerment in health promotion leaflets

Utrecht Studies in Language and Communication

Volumn 22, Issue , 2010, Pages 107-121

  Askehave, Inger ^a   Zethsen, Karen K ^a  

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EID: 85174838579     PISSN: 09277706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/9789042029569_009     Document Type: Chapter

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