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Original Articles

A comparison of clinical communication skills between two groups of final-year medical students with different levels of communication skills training

, MB, ChB, MFamMed, PhD (Professor) & , BA(Hons)(UCT), BEd (UCT) (Deputy Dean)
Pages 16-16d | Published online: 15 Aug 2014

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