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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care
Published on: February 16, 2011
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Choosing appropriate language to reduce the stigma around mental illness and substance use disorders
Nora D Volkow1, Joshua A Gordon2, George F Koob3
1National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. nvolkow@nida.nih.gov.
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