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Nurse-led Care and Patients as Partners Are Essential Aspects of the Future of Rheumatology Care

INGRID LARSSON
The Journal of Rheumatology June 2017, 44 (6) 720-722; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.170215
INGRID LARSSON
School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, and Spenshult Research and Development Center, Halmstad, Sweden.
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