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Chapter 4 - Communicating Effectively

The Patient–Clinician Relationship in Women’s Healthcare

from Section 1 - Generic Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2017

By
Jillian S. Romm  and
Lishiana Solano Shaffer
Edited by
Leroy C. Edozien  and
P. M. Shaughn O'Brien
Leroy C. Edozien
Affiliation:
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
P. M. Shaughn O'Brien
Affiliation:
Keele University School of Medicine
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Biopsychosocial Factors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology , pp. 21 - 30
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