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An Empirical Investigation of Factors Influencing Career Satisfaction of Primary Care Physicians

Satish P. Deshpande and Jim DeMello
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2010, 23 (6) 762-769; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.06.100075
Satish P. Deshpande
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