"Anatomy of an illness as perceived by the patient".

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• Publication year

  1980

• Venue

  Canadian Medical Association journal

• Publication date

  1980-11-08

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  PMID 20313506PMCID PMC1704913
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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