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Let’s engage the patient within us: a personal perspective on patient engagement

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  1. DeltaQuest Foundation, Inc, Concord, MA, USA

    Carolyn E. Schwartz

  2. Departments of Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Carolyn E. Schwartz

  3. Psycho-oncology Cooperative Research Group, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    Madeleine King

  4. Department of Medical Psychology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Mirjam A. G. Sprangers

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Schwartz, C.E., King, M. & Sprangers, M.A.G. Let’s engage the patient within us: a personal perspective on patient engagement. Qual Life Res 23, 1045–1046 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-013-0580-9

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