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Patient-Doctor Depth-of-Relationship Scale: Development and Validation

Matthew J. Ridd, Glyn Lewis, Tim J. Peters and Chris Salisbury
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2011, 9 (6) 538-545; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1322
Matthew J. Ridd
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vol. 9 no. 6 538-545
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1322

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication February 18, 2011
  • Revision received June 3, 2011
  • Accepted for publication June 29, 2011
  • Published online November 14, 2011.

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  1. Matthew J. Ridd, MRCGP, PhD1⇓,
  2. Glyn Lewis, FRPsych, PhD1,
  3. Tim J. Peters, PhD2 and
  4. Chris Salisbury, FRCGP, MD1
  1. 1School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, England
  2. 2School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, England
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Matthew J. Ridd, MRCGP, PhD, School of Social and Community Medicine, Canynge Hall, University of Bristol, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, m.ridd{at}bristol.ac.uk
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