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Non-attendance at a psychiatric clinic
ness and treatment may provide valuable insight into reasons for not attending. This consumer orientated approach could enable clinicians not only to improve clinic attendance but to assess their treatment efficacy. The aims of this study were: (a) to assess the rate of non-attendance at a psychiatric out-patient clinic (b) to compare personal and demographic characteristics of the non-attender...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1569-1993
DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(08)60371-9