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  1. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Associate Chair for Education and Training, Department of Psychiatry, University of Hawai‘i John A. Burns School of Medicine, USA

    Anthony P.S. Guerrero

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  2. University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV, USA

    Melissa Piasecki

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Guerrero, A.P. (2008). Culture, Ethnicity, and Medicine. In: Guerrero, A., Piasecki, M. (eds) Problem-Based Behavioral Science and Psychiatry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78585-1_14

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