Clinical Communication Across Linguistic and Cultural Boundaries
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Communication in medical practice across ethnic boundaries.
The communication skills basic to good medical practice are, for many of us, unnatural. The authors attempt to address aspects of the matter with particular reference to communication across ethnic boundaries.
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Community & Family Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2456-3498
DOI: 10.15344/2456-3498/2018/143