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Patient autonomy in an East-Asian cultural milieu: a critique of the individualism-collectivism model
- Correspondence to Mr Max Ying Hao Lim, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China; maxlim{at}hku.hk
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Patient autonomy in an East-Asian cultural milieu: a critique of the individualism-collectivism model
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- Received January 3, 2022
- Accepted May 29, 2022
- First published June 7, 2022.
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