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Research Article

A Swedish version of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) measure

K. Crosta AhlfornCenter for Social Sustainability, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;
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E. Bojner HorwitzCenter for Social Sustainability, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;
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W. OsikaCenter for Social Sustainability, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; ;Stress Clinic Foundation, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 286-292 | Received 29 Oct 2014, Accepted 08 May 2017, Published online: 03 Aug 2017

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