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Research ArticleReflections in Family Medicine

Where I Practice: On the Spaces of Family Medicine

William B. Ventres
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2015, 28 (6) 841-844; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.150021
William B. Ventres
From the Institute for Studies in History, Anthropology and Archeology, University of El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador; and the Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
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