How is shared decision-making defined among African-Americans with diabetes?
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Mortality Among Low-Income African Americans and Whites With Diabetes
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عنوان ژورنال: Patient Education and Counseling
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0738-3991
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.05.018