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Research Article

Patients’ perspectives on the use of the Montgomery-Asberg depression rating scale self-assessment version in primary care

Carl WikbergDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Primary Health Care, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; ;Närhälsan Research and Development Primary Health Care, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Agneta PetterssonDepartment of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm; ;Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment (SBU), Stockholm;
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Jeanette WestmanCentre for Family Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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Cecilia BjörkelundDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Primary Health Care, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden;
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Eva-Lisa PeterssonDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Primary Health Care, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; ;Närhälsan Research and Development Primary Health Care, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden;
Pages 434-442 | Received 12 Aug 2015, Accepted 09 Sep 2016, Published online: 02 Nov 2016

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