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East Meets West: A Multisite Validity Study of the China Medical Professionalism Inventory

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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.1682 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 3, 2025
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Published on: Sep 25, 2025
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