Shared Decision Making in Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies
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Shared decision making in complementary and alternative medicine therapies.
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Annals
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0090-4481,1938-2359
DOI: 10.3928/00904481-20121126-14