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BEME Guide No. 2: Teaching and learning communication skills in medicine-a review with quality grading of articles

Knut Aspegren Clinical Skills Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pages 563-570 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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