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Providing Complex (Rather Than Complicated) Chronic Care

David Katerndahl
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2014, 27 (1) 6-7; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130285
David Katerndahl
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
MA, MD
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