Patient empowerment and control: a psychological discourse in the service of medicine.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Social Science & Medicine (1967)

• Publication date

  2003-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00063-7PMID 14499519
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