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Mar 2010
42m 51s

Medical Anthropology: Drink me... Take m...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Mark Lawrence, Director of First Read This (an Oxford company that aims to promote patient information leaflets), discusses how following instructions makes the patient feel better. 
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