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. 2012 May;109(18):339-40; author reply 340-1.
doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0339b. Epub 2012 May 4.

Medicalization and illness identity

Peter Wehling, Willy Viehöver, Harald Gündel
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Medicalization and illness identity

Peter Wehling et al. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2012 May.
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