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. 2004 May-Jun;119(3):239–243. doi: 10.1016/j.phr.2004.04.002

Patient self-management: a key to effectiveness and efficiency in care of chronic disease.

Halsted Holman 1, Kate Lorig 1
PMCID: PMC1497631  PMID: 15158102

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