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Retraction Note: Bridge the gap caused by public health crises: medical humanization and communication skills build a psychological bond that satisfies patients

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Retraction Note: International Journal for Equity in Health (2024) 23:40

https://doiorg.publicaciones.saludcastillayleon.es/10.1186/s12939-024-02116-4

The Editors-in-Chief have retracted the article because the authors were not able to provide documentary evidence of ethics approval for the work reported.

Xiaoou Bu, Yawen Du, Chuanglu Mu, Wenjun Zhang, and Pei Wang disagree with this retraction. Yao Wang did not respond to correspondence from the Publisher regarding this retraction.

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Bu, X., Wang, Y., Du, Y. et al. Retraction Note: Bridge the gap caused by public health crises: medical humanization and communication skills build a psychological bond that satisfies patients. Int J Equity Health 23, 236 (2024). https://doiorg.publicaciones.saludcastillayleon.es/10.1186/s12939-024-02316-y

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