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. 1991 Nov 30;303(6814):1385–1387. doi: 10.1136/bmj.303.6814.1385

Doctor-patient communication: the Toronto consensus statement.

M Simpson 1, R Buckman 1, M Stewart 1, P Maguire 1, M Lipkin 1, D Novack 1, J Till 1
PMCID: PMC1671610  PMID: 1760608

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