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Using Action Plans to Help Primary Care Patients Adopt Healthy Behaviors: A Descriptive Study

Margaret Handley, Kate MacGregor, Dean Schillinger, Claire Sharifi, Sharon Wong and Thomas Bodenheimer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2006, 19 (3) 224-231; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.3.224
Margaret Handley
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Margaret Handley, Kate MacGregor, Dean Schillinger, Claire Sharifi, Sharon Wong, Thomas Bodenheimer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2006, 19 (3) 224-231; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.3.224

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2006, 19 (3) 224-231; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.3.224
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