When service users' support obscures problems with care: the need for rigorous research into patients' experiences

Editorial

Vikki A Entwistle. Health Expect. 2009 Jun.

. 2009 Jun;12(2):117-9.

doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2009.00548.x.

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Comment on

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Lawton J, Rankin D, Peel E, Douglas M. Lawton J, et al. Health Expect. 2009 Jun;12(2):138-48. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2009.00537.x. Epub 2009 Mar 20. Health Expect. 2009. PMID: 19309488 Free PMC article.
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Hunt GR, Hall GM, Murthy BV, O'Brien S, Beverland D, Lynch MC, Salmon P. Hunt GR, et al. Health Expect. 2009 Jun;12(2):130-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2008.00522.x. Epub 2009 Mar 23. Health Expect. 2009. PMID: 19320753 Free PMC article.

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