Virtual standardized patients: an interactive method to examine variation in depression care among primary care physicians.

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Published in Prim Health Care Res Dev on October 01, 2008

Authors

Lisa M Hooper1, Kevin P Weinfurt, Lisa A Cooper, Julie Mensh, William Harless, Melissa C Kuhajda, Steven A Epstein

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, & Counseling, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.

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