title: Challenges to the biomedical model: are actions of patients almost always as important as actions of health professionals in long-term outcomes of chronic diseases?
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authors.lastname: Pincus
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012803:Sick Role; D016896:Treatment Outcome