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Improving communication skills: to carry coals to Newcastle?

SIEGFRIED MERYN Center fo r Advanced Medical Education and Health Communication, Medical Faculty, University of Vienna/Austria, Vienna, Austria
Pages 331-336 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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