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Group Visits: A Qualitative Review of Current Research

Raja Jaber, Amy Braksmajer and Jeffrey S. Trilling
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2006, 19 (3) 276-290; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.3.276
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