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The Deliberate Misdiagnosis of Major Depression in Primary Care

Kathryn Rost, PhD; G. Richard Smith, MD; Daryl B. Matthews, MD, PhD; Ben Guise, MD

Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(4):333-337.


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