Asking questions can help: development and preliminary evaluation of a question prompt list for palliative care patients
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A theory of questions and question asking
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cancer
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0007-0920,1532-1827
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601380