Review ArticleClinical Review
Patients’ Perceptions of Interpersonal Continuity of Care
Nancy Pandhi and John W. Saultz
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine July 2006, 19 (4) 390-397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.4.390

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Patients’ Perceptions of Interpersonal Continuity of Care
Nancy Pandhi, John W. Saultz
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Jul 2006, 19 (4) 390-397; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.4.390
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