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Attaching a New Understanding to the Patient-Physician Relationship in Family Practice

Darren Thompson and Paul S. Ciechanowski
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice May 2003, 16 (3) 219-226; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.16.3.219
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