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The careful assessment tool for managing patients with medically unexplained symptoms – The experience of Slovenian family medicine trainees: A qualitative study Cover

The careful assessment tool for managing patients with medically unexplained symptoms – The experience of Slovenian family medicine trainees: A qualitative study

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|Jan 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2022-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 48 - 54
Submitted on: Aug 30, 2021
Accepted on: Nov 19, 2021
Published on: Jan 3, 2022
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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