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. 2006 Oct;3(10):e294.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030294.

Anthropology in the clinic: the problem of cultural competency and how to fix it

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Anthropology in the clinic: the problem of cultural competency and how to fix it

Arthur Kleinman et al. PLoS Med. 2006 Oct.
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