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4 - Supporting lifestyle changes and patient empowerment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2009

Jill Hill  and
Molly Courtenay
Jill Hill
Affiliation:
Birmingham East and North Primary Care Trust
Molly Courtenay
Affiliation:
University of Reading
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Prescribing in Diabetes , pp. 50 - 74
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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