Health information for patients: time to look beyond patient information leaflets.

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Published in J R Soc Med on September 01, 2008

Authors

Anthea Colledge1, Josip Car, Ailsa Donnelly, Azeem Majeed

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW72AZ, UK. anthea.colledge05@imperial.ac.uk

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