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Suffering in Silence: Reasons for Not Disclosing Depression in Primary Care

Robert A. Bell, Peter Franks, Paul R. Duberstein, Ronald M. Epstein, Mitchell D. Feldman, Erik Fernandez y Garcia and Richard L. Kravitz
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2011, 9 (5) 439-446; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1277
Robert A. Bell
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Robert A. Bell, Peter Franks, Paul R. Duberstein, Ronald M. Epstein, Mitchell D. Feldman, Erik Fernandez y Garcia, Richard L. Kravitz
The Annals of Family Medicine Sep 2011, 9 (5) 439-446; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1277

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The Annals of Family Medicine Sep 2011, 9 (5) 439-446; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1277
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