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Patient Reflections: Saying Good-Bye to a Retiring Family Doctor

Beth Merenstein and Joel Merenstein
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2008, 21 (5) 461-465; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2008.05.070186
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