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Original Articles

Gendered Communicative Construction of Patients in Consultation Settings

, PhD Student, , PhD, , PhD & , PhD Student
Pages 513-529 | Received 10 Apr 2013, Accepted 07 Mar 2014, Published online: 01 Aug 2014

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