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Education and Training

The impact of Professional Boundaries for Health Professionals (PBHP) training on knowledge, comfort, experience, and ethical decision-making: a longitudinal randomized controlled trial

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Pages 2522-2529 | Received 29 Jan 2016, Accepted 09 Sep 2016, Published online: 14 Oct 2016

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