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Medication Abortion and Family Physicians’ Scope of Practice
Linda W. Prine and Ruth Lesnewski
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice July 2005, 18 (4) 304-306; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.18.4.304

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Medication Abortion and Family Physicians’ Scope of Practice
Linda W. Prine, Ruth Lesnewski
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Jul 2005, 18 (4) 304-306; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.4.304
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