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Learning from Alma Ata: The Medical Home and Comprehensive Primary Health Care
Laura M. Gottlieb
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine May 2009, 22 (3) 242-246; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.03.080195
Laura M. Gottlieb
MD, MPH
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