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    Connie L. Peck (Senior Lecturer) & Neville J. King

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Peck, C.L., King, N.J. Compliance and the Doctor-Patient Relationship. Drugs 30, 78–84 (1985). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-198530010-00008

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