Advocating for Patients: Information for Consumers : Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session on Examining Issues Related to Health Information for Consumers, and Proposed Legislation that Would Provide Assistance to the States that Wish to Establish, Or Strengthen Their Existing Health Care Consumer Assistance, Or Ombudsman Programs, March 28, 2001, Volume 4 |
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