Acknowledging Stigma: Its Presence in Patient Care and Medical Education

Overview

Journal Can Fam Physician

Specialties General Medicine
Public Health

Date 2017 Dec 15

PMID 29237624

Citations 11

Authors

Ruth E Dubin

Alan Kaplan

Lisa Graves

Victor K Ng

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