Research ArticleOriginal Research
What Comprises Clinical Experience in Recognizing Depression?: The Primary Care Clinician's Perspective
Seong-Yi Baik, Barbara J. Bowers, Linda Denise Oakley and Jeffrey L. Susman
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2008, 21 (3) 200-210; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.03.070258
Seong-Yi Baik
PhD
Barbara J. Bowers
PhD
Linda Denise Oakley
PhD

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What Comprises Clinical Experience in Recognizing Depression?: The Primary Care Clinician's Perspective
Seong-Yi Baik, Barbara J. Bowers, Linda Denise Oakley, Jeffrey L. Susman
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2008, 21 (3) 200-210; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2008.03.070258
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