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How Respected Family Physicians Manage Difficult Patient Encounters

Nancy Elder, Rick Ricer and Barbara Tobias
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2006, 19 (6) 533-541; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.6.533
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vol. 19 no. 6 533-541
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.6.533
PubMed 
17090786

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication December 9, 2005
  • Revision received March 20, 2006
  • Accepted for publication March 28, 2006
  • Published online November 7, 2006.

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  1. Nancy Elder, MD, MSPH,
  2. Rick Ricer, MD and
  3. Barbara Tobias, MD
  1. From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  1. Corresponding author: Nancy C. Elder, MD, MSPH, Department of Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 670582, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0582 (E-mail: eldernc{at}fammed.uc.edu)
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