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Barriers to the Integration of Psychosocial Factors in Medicine: Results of a National Survey of Physicians
John A. Astin, Karen Soeken, Victor S. Sierpina and Brian R. Clarridge
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine November 2006, 19 (6) 557-565; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.6.557
John A. Astin
PhD
Karen Soeken
PhD
Victor S. Sierpina
MD

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Barriers to the Integration of Psychosocial Factors in Medicine: Results of a National Survey of Physicians
John A. Astin, Karen Soeken, Victor S. Sierpina, Brian R. Clarridge
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2006, 19 (6) 557-565; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.6.557
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