Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 395-405 , June 2008

Patient education and self-management of musculoskeletal diseases

  • John M. Esdaile, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FCAHS (Doctor)

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2008.02.006

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 395-405 , June 2008

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