Understanding Patients’ Process to Use Medical Marijuana
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Understanding Patients’ Process to Use Medical Marijuana
Given the necessity to better understand the process patients need to go through in order to seek treatment via medical marijuana, this study investigates this process to better understand this phenomenon. Specifically, Compassion Care Foundation (CCF) and Stockton University worked together to identify a solution to this problem. Specifically, 240 new patients at CCF were asked to complete a 1...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Patient Experience
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2374-3735,2374-3743
DOI: 10.1177/2374373516667002