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Humanities Revisited: Integrating the Humanities in Psychiatric Residency Training

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Furman, A.C., Hudson, W.H. Humanities Revisited: Integrating the Humanities in Psychiatric Residency Training. Acad Psychiatry 41, 715–718 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-017-0699-z

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