Research ArticleOriginal Research

Difficulties Encountered in Collaborative Care: Logistics Trumps Desire

Frances Legault, Jennie Humbert, Stephanie Amos, William Hogg, Natalie Ward, Simone Dahrouge and Laura Ziebell
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2012, 25 (2) 168-176; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2012.02.110153

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