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Journal of Communication in Healthcare
Strategies, Media and Engagement in Global Health
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An intergroup communication approach to understanding the function of compliance, outgroup typicality, and honest explanations in distant caregiving relationships: Validation of a health-care communication scale

Lisa SparksUniversity of California, Irvine, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jennifer L BevanChapman UniversityOrange, CA, USAView further author information
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Kathryn RogersUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA, USAView further author information
Pages 12-22 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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