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Patient autonomy as the prerequisite for care: Opioids for chronic pain of non-malignant origin

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Tourigny, S.C. Patient autonomy as the prerequisite for care: Opioids for chronic pain of non-malignant origin. Health Care Anal 3, 345–350 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02197084

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