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Attitudes of medical students toward communication skills learning in Western Saudi Arabia

Fawaz S. Alotaibi and Abdullah Alsaeedi
Saudi Medical Journal July 2016, 37 (7) 791-795; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.7.14331
Fawaz S. Alotaibi
From The Department Of Family Medicine (Alotaibi, Alsaeedi) Taif Armed Forces Hospitals, Prince Mansour Military Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah Alsaeedi
From The Department Of Family Medicine (Alotaibi, Alsaeedi) Taif Armed Forces Hospitals, Prince Mansour Military Hospital, Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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